[you-liquidated]

It's called the (Eric) Holder doctrine:

> That sentiment was echoed as late as 2012 by Lanny Breuer, then the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, who said in a speech at the New York City Bar Association that he felt it was his duty to consider the health of the company, the industry, and the markets in deciding whether or not to file charges.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/how-wal...

[blendergeek]

Here is the 2012 speech from Lanny Breuer [1].

And here is the 1999 memo from (then Deputy Attorney General) Eric Holder [2 PDF].

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-genera...

[2] https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-fraud/l...