In light of the recent actions of the Washington State Attorney General, it takes balls to try and pull a scam like this.  The AG ruled against the people behind a kickstarter campaign for a card game when they did not ship rewards for two years.  The original campaign raised 25k and the judgement was for 56k.  The ruling was on behalf of 31 residents out of 810 backers.  The company is slowly shipping units and it looks like the AG is backing off.<p>But this whole thing brings up many interesting questions.  The fine was 1k per WA resident + reimbursement + legal fees.  Knowing that the AG has your back if things go south should undoubtedly embolden WA residents, which may lead to a higher percentage of backers coming from that state, which in turn would mean a higher fine if things fall through.  I honestly was going to have my sister, a WA state resident, back this for me for my birthday, if it survived to the last day of funding.<p>Links:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.atg.wa.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;news-releases&#x2F;ag-makes-crowdfunded-company-pay-shady-deal" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.atg.wa.gov&#x2F;news&#x2F;news-releases&#x2F;ag-makes-crowdfunde...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kickstarter.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;213177064&#x2F;asylum-playing-cards&#x2F;comments" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kickstarter.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;213177064&#x2F;asylum-playin...</a>