The easiest ICO scam is to raise funds and then disappear with the funds. Nico did not do this.
I disagree.
Based on your reason and logic in this, then Bitconnect would not be a scam.
If Bitconnect is a scam, it would have been gone months before the court order when almost everyone was shouting SCAM at Youtube.
If Bitconnect is a scam, it would not have given back all the money invested to the participants (yes, that's what happened; money returned back).
The price of BCC at such low level is because of everyone panic selling at the same time; such situation can happen to any legit company.
Thus Bitconnect is not a scam.
Clif High would ask: "Makes sense?"