Not if it results in the company collapsing. You couldn't do this with the banks in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, for instance. I'm not talking about e

Not if it results in the company collapsing. You couldn't do this with the banks in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, for instance. I'm not talking about expropriating the whole ownership of the company, I'm saying demand the fine is paid in shares of the company rather than dollars. This type of punishment doesn't affect the operations of the company unless the owners do something stupid in response, which will be prevented by shareholder interest laws.