> "it could be 'bad' where thawed people are treated like the property of the person who paid to thaw them."

The majority of funding goes into the patient care trust, which is used for upkeep of the patients and (hopefully) eventual revival.

http://www.alcor.org/AboutAlcor/patientcaretrustfund.html

At least with Alcor, your scenario is impossible and I'd be very surprised if CI didn't have an analog.