IIRC and IANAL, there is also a strange problem that if criminal charges are brought against companies, there is a lot of fallout, and potential for the company

IIRC and IANAL, there is also a strange problem that if criminal charges are brought against companies, there is a lot of fallout, and potential for the company to barred from operation. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-fraud/legacy/2010/04/11/charging-corps.PDF https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-fraud/l... Section IX B. seems to be the relevant one there, suggesting that regulators and prosecutors attempt to weigh the fallout that such a charge might have on innocent 3rd parties.