• Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Penalties that are lower than profits encourage companies to rob consumers again in the future.

    • strifegroove@ani.social
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      6 days ago

      Yes. Should have been something simple like “pay back every customer you fucked over the money they were robbed + how much that money would have made on the stock market since you stole it”

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        That’s still just compensatory damages. They need punitive damages on top of that!