[ineedasername]

I’m not sure it’s the publicity that matters so much as the immediate threat to human life & safety. In society that tends to be prioritized over financial misdeeds with more ambiguous long term consequences.

[pcl]

I think pessimizer is implying that spending a night or two on the beach in the tropics within walking distance of a town is perhaps not actually that risky.

[skinnymuch]

There were no threats to human life. Safety? A bit, but nothing major.