Please, allow me to go one better. Since the dudes supposedly still in control of BTC-e are anonymous, viz. WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE FUCK THEY ARE, exactly how does one verify that the entities behind this new ICO thingy are made up of even one of the former BTC-e principals/subordinates?
There's no way to definitively know. There are some things they can do to demonstrate they are, in fact, the same people, but proof is elusive. For example, they have known BTC and ETH addresses. They could sign messages from such addresses, indicating whether a relaunched domain were legit or not.
That wouldn't solve the honeypot question (if Vinnik really was an owner and gave the FBI the keys, for instance). But it would make it unlikely that some random scammers were running the ICO, particularly if it coincided with the relaunch of a re-branded site that made partial repayments.
, thus it's not too much of a Brian Stretch to assume that some nefarious Russki or other nationality dude positioned him- or herself to represent the FBI-controlled BTC-e with the full intent of creating an ICO thingy so to make bank off those already harmed.
