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by DanBC 2966 days ago
You said 2 things:

> if they don't win (with infractions being $10 million minimum

But all of the numbers you give are the maximum possible fines. The actual fines imposed by the regulators will always bee smaller than that.

You also said:

> The citizen who filed the complaint would enlist help from a no-win-no-fee legal firm,

That's not how the fines work. They're fines, paid to the regulator. They're not compensation paid to the victim. There's no payout for no-win-no-fee solicitors, and so they're not going to get involved.