When a risky high-tech Silicon Valley runs out of money and declares bankrupcy, it's a common and perfectly normal event. Likewise for older and bigger firms.
No "prepackaged bankruptcy scam" would produce a chip like the GN1, which at well over 700GH/s is still by far the fastest BTC ASIC on the planet.
But lying about delivery dates sound like a "prepackaged scam"...How on earth do you promise November delivery when it was clear from the start that they couldn't meet it?