What we should be doing, as a civilized society with rules and a regulatory apparatus that's woefully underused, is looking at the dirty game and saying "The game is over. The people/government is going to finally crack down on fraud and people who play the game are going to prison."

I absolutely agree. We need strong rule of law, and we need to start holding everyone accountable to the law.

The era of "I'm too rich / popular / influential / 'important' to prosecute" must end.