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by JumpCrisscross 1368 days ago
> it worth the risk though?

Can speak from the perspective of a finance professional constantly rolling his eyes at insider traders. Many people assume enforcement is far weaker than it is. That leads them to make stupid choices. For a period of time, during the Iraq War, enforcement was weak around military procurement. But the wheels of justice grind slowly, and I guess every generation needs its examples.
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rosywoozlechan 1368 days ago
> But the wheels of justice grind slowly, and I guess every generation needs its examples

All the covid relief and stimulus fraud that's slowly being investigated is another example of this. All you have to do to disabuse yourself of the idea that law enforcement is weak is go to justice.gov and click news.

https://www.justice.gov/usao/find-your-united-states-attorne...

Click on any of the states, click news. Tons of covid fraud being prosecuted already in all of these places where small fry's thought they could get away with this. Medical fraud is another example.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr?keys=covid&items_per_pa...

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mrguyorama 1367 days ago
Okay, and that's great and all, but the DOJ basically doesn't go after big fish anymore. As the commenter above you points out, lot's of these kinds of things still end up being revenue positive
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rosywoozlechan 1367 days ago
I don't know of any big fish where's there's sufficient evidence that they have committed crimes and where the DOJ has decided to not charge. What are some examples?
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