This reminds me of another coin that had a great developer, a killer feature and big plans but eventually suddenly died. Even the ATH price is the same as well as dev's MO and the dump. I really hope this is not the same scheme being pulled by someone.
No, Poloniex would not have reviewed the code and lowered the necessary confirmations to 1 if this was a scheme. Similarly, it wouldn't be the only coin that can be compiled on Android, iOS, etc. if it was a scheme.
John-connor is the real deal, probably the best coder in the altcoin space, but yes, his personality is somewhat... eccentric.