I think that's not an accurate description. He avoided $117,000 in losses by trading on inside info. The gain is just sale price - purchase price. If he hadn't

I think that's not an accurate description. He avoided $117,000 in losses by trading on inside info. The gain is just sale price - purchase price. If he hadn't traded on insider info, he would've been able to gain $500k - $117k since Equifax stock did not go below his purchase price. So he had to pay back what he avoided losing plus $55k, plus serve time. I think the monetary fine is pretty low, but the gov't is not stupid - they made sure he came out negative.