> That's because most crimes "individuals" do are straightforwardly illegal and easy to prosecute, whereas the "crime if a corporation does it" are not.
That's part of the point and problem because it is by design. Rich people and corporations like treating their problems as so complex as to be completely intractable. "How do you tax me when I don't have income?!" "How can I be responsible for a system of decisions?!" Etc. Rich people and corporations want nothing but upsides, and they have designed the system to work this way.
A great example of this is Steve Cohen, who got away with insider trading for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szayJV505M. You're telling me that a small business owner whose direct reports repeatedly commit and are convicted of fraud would just be able to walk away? Yea, right. In Cohen's case, he just walked away and bought a sports team.
That's part of the point and problem because it is by design. Rich people and corporations like treating their problems as so complex as to be completely intractable. "How do you tax me when I don't have income?!" "How can I be responsible for a system of decisions?!" Etc. Rich people and corporations want nothing but upsides, and they have designed the system to work this way.
A great example of this is Steve Cohen, who got away with insider trading for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1szayJV505M. You're telling me that a small business owner whose direct reports repeatedly commit and are convicted of fraud would just be able to walk away? Yea, right. In Cohen's case, he just walked away and bought a sports team.