[randomdata]

Perhaps I am missing some nuance, but that still seems like "some laughs" and, more importantly, not done in good faith. I get that they weren't audibly laughing, but it seems they were stroking some kind of emotional pleasure centre, choosing bad faith to feel it.

[noodle]

I can't really speak for the motivations of those people, but I don't consider potential direct financial gain to be "some laughs".

[slowmovintarget]

The words we typically use are "malfeasance," "corruption," and "conflict of interest."