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I definitely don’t ascribe to the notion that crimes should be punished equally to their benefit to the party. Otherwise bank thieves would just give it all back when caught, and the risk to reward is minimal. It should be enough to dissuade a company from ever doing these illegal acts


I don’t think you’re understanding the meaning of proportional. You could make the penalty 50 times the benefit.


You’re right, edited for clarity




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