I don't live in Washington, but if this were happening in CA I'd have no problem with it; it isn't so much about recouping that money as it is setting a precedent.
If there are no repercussions to collecting a bunch of crowdfunding money and disappearing, doing that will become a lot more common (likely with amounts a lot higher than $25k) which will eventually just serve to kill the entire crowdfunding model since nobody wants to be a sucker twice.
If there are no repercussions to collecting a bunch of crowdfunding money and disappearing, doing that will become a lot more common (likely with amounts a lot higher than $25k) which will eventually just serve to kill the entire crowdfunding model since nobody wants to be a sucker twice.