>If you can exploit millions to make billions then you can settle in the event of criminal persecution, hire a pr firm to take care of public optics, and donate generously to parties in power to ensure that the pesky prosecutor/attorney-general is sufficiently motivated not to attempt to make an example out of you.

In this case it doesn't look like they even bothered hiring a PR firm (or they're doing a piss poor job), and they seem to be getting off "fine".