Want to offer a clarification to what you said here. Government doesn't have to prove that the corporation acted with criminal intent - that's impossible since

Want to offer a clarification to what you said here. Government doesn't have to prove that the corporation acted with criminal intent - that's impossible since corporations don't have minds. To hold a corporation criminally liable, government must prove that an employee/agent of the company violated the law while acting within the scope of the employment. So, if you can prove that a Tether executive committed bank fraud, it's rather trivial to hold Tether the corporation responsible as well. The difficulty is proving that the individual acted with criminal intent. This is indeed a laborious, expensive process that involves trawling through millions of documents and IM messages. The targets of the investigation will often be able to afford the best defense lawyers. Which is why government will often settle a case rather than take it to trial.