There's plenty of proof (maybe not in this particular) case, but in a lot of these cases to put people in jail, extract fines that are punitive (and not merely

There's plenty of proof (maybe not in this particular) case, but in a lot of these cases to put people in jail, extract fines that are punitive (and not merely rounding errors), and at the very least pin the wrong doings on people (and not faceless companies). My experience in the US (having worked directly with regulators) is that they are afraid to regulate. The literal tail is waggging the dog. As to the root cause of this (many blame the public/private revolving door), I am not entirely certain. I just wish in the US, at least, the regulators would not be such wussies and stand up for the consumer/voter and stop worrying about push back.