Ethereum was an ICO.
Was Ethereum a scam?
Was Ethereum a scam?
Furthermore the Ethereum foundation itself has been spending a lot of its reserves on research grants and other activities that directly benefit the members without providing much benefit to the public at large. Under Swiss law it should be audited regularly however no audit had been published publicly.
So what, many early adopters and sellers of Bitcoin have done the same - and heaven forbid Satoshi decides to cash in, that person / group alone is a billionaire (on paper though).