| ▲ | cucumber3732842 2 hours ago | |
>If you break a rule you get fined. If you break a law you can go to jail That's a distinction without a difference when talking about the kinds of ruinous fines government agencies levy and how equivalently ruinous lawyering up to fight them is. Most people receiving these fines happily spend a month in prison for six figures because six figures is years of discretionary income to most people. | ||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross an hour ago | parent [-] | |
> That's a distinction without a difference Criminal versus civil is a distinction with massive difference. > Most people receiving these fines happily spend a month in prison for six figures Most civil monetary penalties are for reporting and filing violations to the FEC, HHS or FinCEN; submitting false information in a Medicare/Medicaid claim [1], grant, contract or bid; or violating consumer protection, employer, OSHA, environmental or patient care laws. The “you” is probably a corporation. And I’m not sure anyone would rationally escalate a fine for e.g. submitting a contract bid with outdated information into a criminal conviction. [1] https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/types-of-civil-monetar...: | ||