This is the context of that story, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs_controversies#2010_SEC_civil_fraud_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G

This is the context of that story, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs_controversies#2010_SEC_civil_fraud_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs_controversies#20... I think one important difference is that the story in the OP is fraud directly against individual retail investors (and the government, to be fair), whereas the Goldman story is a conflict between two hedge funds and an investment bank. That seems important for the subtext of what you're saying.