If you were an investigator and liked promotions and job security, would you put 3 years into trying to get 60X, but getting 30X $100k fines or trying to get 2X

If you were an investigator and liked promotions and job security, would you put 3 years into trying to get 60X, but getting 30X $100k fines or trying to get 2X but getting 1X $100m fine? Who could pay such a large fine? Where does the article say they corrected for that, and what miraculous method did they use?