If it makes you feel any better, we don't punish any of these people with the enthusiasm that punish teenagers on the South Side of Chicago. At least Levandowski gets a sympathetic cheering section.
> It seems inconsistent to punish technologists like Levandowski when we don't punish bankers, CEOs, and polluters with the the same enthusiasm.
Levandowski was cofounder and CEO of Otto, and is being punished directly for how he got there, and later (until charged) cofounder and CEO at Pronto.ai.
So, I'd say we charge CEOs with exactly the enthusiasm we charge Levandowski.
I'm sure if the DAs could prove that any bankers had broken the law in court, they would be more than happy to prosecute them. The problem is two-fold: it's much less clear which if any laws were broken by the nebulous "bankers," and even if we knew which laws were supposedly broken, it will be harder to prove intention, which in the case of laws without strict liability (most of them), might end up making it hard to punish the person being investigated.