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by pbhjpbhj 634 days ago
Their point still stands though. If the output should be reviewed by a lawyer, then the penalty should be all the profits (and maybe also the wages of the CEO) to deter others from doing the same, and ensure that they don't continue in the belief that an occasional 1-2% is perfectly acceptable 'cost of doing business'.
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Maybe $193k is all that the FTC felt could be attributed to the "deceptive business practices."

It's weird to think that the FTC is right about the investigation, but somehow flubbed the penalty

I think we need to start taking this sort of thing beyond money. I'm not sure if it's warranted in this case, but in general I'd like to see more shareholders going to jail for things their companies did.

If my dog bites somebody, that's on me. It should be no different with a company.