[tdaltonc]

That's an important point. But this is not a one-shot game. When they're all sitting around the table, picking a target to "whistleblow" against, 'pick a target that is actually doing something wrong' is probably very high on the list of criteria.

They're going to want to do this again. They need to preserve their brand, "the guy who busted Madoff and wrote a best selling book about it" is a really valuable brand.