Originally Posted by crockett

These fines always get negotiated down in most cases by lawyers.They are just used for big headlines then get lowered in backroom deals.

The money is irrelevant because it's just as I mentioned before it's a risk of doing business on the "profit" side vs "criminal". No one serves any jail time and they are free to do it once again once the heat settles down if they determine the profit is worth the risk.