He can believe the tokens are rightfully his, and still believe that authorities don't see it his way. Like if you're in Salem and know you're not a witch, you'd want to take off too and chill in no-extradition treaty countries, so you don't get boiled alive by people with different outlooks.

I like the analogy of an unsecured window. It doesn't seem to apply to a hypothetical (idk specifics of this company) purely private company in some crypto-friendly country that doesn't have any ties to the rule of law.