Delay in payments does not always mean that the team cheats, sometimes the project is so weak that the team simply does not risk putting more coins into circulation!
If the continuity group distributes the bonus, I cannot trust the project. And that project will become a scam soon because of their weakness, if the project wants to grow strong and become good altcoin, they have to do small things as quickly as possible, like they need to complete their statements ahead of time