Evan is a US/Arizona citizen, and if he is implicated in a state, fincen or SEC investigation, the price will likely suffer, so yes, what was done in the past can effect those investing today. Also, keep in mind the voting mechanism is being advertised as fair, which means because of the unfair distribution from the launch, that this statement probably is as much BS as the "fairly and transparently launched" statement from the dash ANN.

This all but ignores the insecurity of X11 and the less than optimal privacy of darksend, which from a tech perspective, seem  the greater tragedies of false advertising since they are undisputed by most experts, but not grasped by the layman who is more likely to chalk it up to FUD or technical debate than real threats to the coin's survival--but those fallacies will work themselves out eventually whether there's a securities investigation or not. You've been warned, take it for what's it worth--the onus is squarely on you and the research materials are mostly in this thread (though you may have to dig for the technical stuff to get a better grasp on the problems outlined).