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by jwatte 2878 days ago
Ask those that did, and did not go to prison. Our society rewards greed over conscience.
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Unfortunately, that behavior was not against the law at the time. Even more unfortunately, that behavior is still not really against the law.
A lot of actual crimes occurred then that were not prosecuted. Sarbanes-Oxley violations, for one obvious example.