[quantified]

Rob someone of $1000 at gunpoint, get 10 years of hard time, rob many people of $50MM with a pen, get 2 years at a minimum security facility. Rob the American people of $10b, walk free. See the 2008 meltdown for details.

Only the most egregious frauds (Madoff, Skilling) result in any serious time.

[AdrianB1]

Unrecovered money should be converted to extra years in prison at a rate of the average salary in the country. That would be a few hundred years of prison, right? Good enough deterrence for people to do bad things with money.

[quantified]

Minimum wage is a clear standard.