I expect Frontier Developments to have a strictly "unless you're breaking the rules you can go about your business and do what the hell you like" attitude. No restrictions on scamming or cheating other players out of their credits or belongings, or even their ship! (The chance would be a fine thing!) There will be, most likely, lots of players spamming Frontier with messages like "He killed me SIXTEEN TIMES in cold blood! STOP HIM! He's ruining my game

" and I expect their pleas to fall on 'deaf ears'.
In Eve, if you thought the developers and CCP staff weren't in on the scams and corruption, you'd be naïve and totally wrong.
There's a point I'd like to make about scams. No scam I've ever come across was kept secret for very long. If players take time to read about the game (i.e. as on this forum) I'm sure there will be future threads and notices about the latest and greatest swindles in the universe. The same goes for high-risk areas and dangerous activities which will be broadcast far and wide for all to see and know about, I'm certain. I've fallen for loads of scams and tricks in my time. It's part of the learning curve we all have to go through.
The only time I'd expect Frontier to reimburse players with lost items/ships is due to unforeseen bugs and ONLY for that reason. Laggy Internet connections, drunk at the joystick, watching Coronation Street while flying your Cobra (etc.) do
not constitute game bugs. Although, there will always be those who think they are entitled to have their ship replaced for free when they fly too close to that asteroid and _SPLAT_ (Ooops!)
Ignorance is one thing, dishonesty is another. Incidentally, Frontier are responsible for neither. That's totally up to the player to deal with. I hope Frontier do take a very hands-off approach when it comes to what is and what is not ethical in Elite: Dangerous. Some players will only be in the Elite universe for that very purpose/reason.