> The only messages being given are that if you've made it to the top you can go to your death bed having done anything without seeing a prison cell In the cas

> The only messages being given are that if you've made it to the top you can go to your death bed having done anything without seeing a prison cell In the case of Christine Lagarde this was actually made explicit. She was found guilty but not punished, because she was too important: "but given the circumstances, given the responsibilities that Ms. Lagarde had at the time — in 2008, we were in a major economic crisis — the court decided that it would not sentence Ms. Lagarde to anything" [1]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/business/imf-trial-christine-lagarde-france-verdict.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/business/imf-trial-christ...