Until senior management and boards of directors are personally accountable for deliberate law-breaking it will be seen not just as a business expense but also a

Until senior management and boards of directors are personally accountable for deliberate law-breaking it will be seen not just as a business expense but also a useful barrier to entry smaller competition. "It was illegal. You knew it was illegal. Your claim of ignorance is not a defense because it was your job to know that so you can have a stretch of a few weeks in the slammer with a criminal record to go with that." Yes caution needs to be taken not to overreach on the enforcement and sentencing just like it does for every single other fraud case.