Maybe! We don't know, all we know is that allegedly:

> Those searches played a part in “advancing 361 cases.”

What does "played a part" mean? What does "advancing a case" mean?

They never solved any cases, only provided a warm lead once a day. If they solved many, they would be proud and say N cases solved. In this case N must be an embarrassingly small number since they don't use concrete language. It's like offering 5500$ to anyone that offers any information on any crime.