I'm guessing HSBC had a few more layers of indirection of lawyers and underlings with autonomy that made it hard for the government to show criminal intent by a

I'm guessing HSBC had a few more layers of indirection of lawyers and underlings with autonomy that made it hard for the government to show criminal intent by a specific individual. I think the lack of perp walks for HSBC can easily be explained as simple incompetence, not corruption (though you never know, of course...)