It was a "crime", but we treat the financial industry and anybody with money with such kid gloves that it doesn't really matter that it was a crime. I have no confidence that his prosecution won't end up as difficult as Rob Blagojevich's (notoriously corrupt ex-governor of Illinois), in that Illinois ethics law has been so carefully crafted to allow bribery to and from officials that it was surprisingly difficult to convict him, and irt the details of the process probably unfair. Blagojevich's actual crime was not having being popular with people who had clout, not his open selling of a US Senate seat.
This dude, however, is attending speaking engagements with the NYT and sharing the stage with war criminals after his obvious fraud in a shady-ass industry. He's probably still got plenty of friends, and his co-speakers are an example of what impunity and getting off scot-free when everyone knows you're guilty might look like for him.
Reminds me very much of the John Corzine situation. If you are connected with the right set of politically influential and wealthy people, you are above the law.
This dude, however, is attending speaking engagements with the NYT and sharing the stage with war criminals after his obvious fraud in a shady-ass industry. He's probably still got plenty of friends, and his co-speakers are an example of what impunity and getting off scot-free when everyone knows you're guilty might look like for him.