On the honesty evaluation note, actually these devs should be an example for all altcoin devs terms of honesty and integrity. The fact that the devs returned the 250 BTC indicates these are quite nice and honest young men.
Of course they are about to face a legal prosecution. But ppl should be able to withdraw their investment after this massive failure. ppl deserve to get it back. These devs dont deserve to be paid for this mayhem
Why they would face legal prosecution? It is not a criminal case. They are trying to deliver. It would be a criminal act if they would run away with the money.