I partially see where you are coming from... the equivalent made up story goes something like this: I am a payroll clerk at Company A and I pay myself an extra

I partially see where you are coming from... the equivalent made up story goes something like this: I am a payroll clerk at Company A and I pay myself an extra $10,000 a month illegally for 10 years. For some crazy insane reason no criminal charges are ever brought directly against me but a civil court finds me at fault for stealing the money. I pay the $1,200,000 back to Company A and pay a fine, $1,000 to the man. I claimed that $1.2 million as income and paid taxes on it so I should get my tax money back! The sad part is the damage they did was probably in the trillions, but this civil court couldn't realistically make them pay that back. Much of their meager slap on the wrist is tax deductible...