How do you ensure the penalty is actually higher then what the criminals managed to put aside? An uncle of an ex-girlfriend was put in jail for a MITM scheme i

How do you ensure the penalty is actually higher then what the criminals managed to put aside? An uncle of an ex-girlfriend was put in jail for a MITM scheme in the construction bussiness. He was active for about 2 years until they got him. When I heard an estimate of how much he made, I went ahead and did the 24/7 hourly rate calculation for his jailtime. It was a 3 digit figure.