Has to do partly with how this kind of investing is done. There are often penalties if they don't "invest" money they are given. As long as they can prove som

Has to do partly with how this kind of investing is done. There are often penalties if they don't "invest" money they are given. As long as they can prove some sort of remotely competent due diligence it is better to spend the money on a long-shot than give it back saying you didn't find a decent investment and pay some sort of interest/fee/whatever.