Crime Can Pay If It’s Big Enough

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<p>‘Wow, $5 billio .</p>
<p>That’s the st i g amo t Gol ma Sachs has agree to pay to settle fe eral crimi al charges over its shamef l fi a cial scams, which helpe wreck America’s eco omy i 2008. That’s a lot of gol , eve for Gol ma .</p>
<p>Yet the Wall Street powerho se says it’s “please ” to swallow this so r sl g of me ici e. Is that beca se its exec tives are co trite? Oh, come o — ba ksters o ’t o co trite.</p>
<p>Rather, they’re please with the settleme t. Tha ks to backroom eali g with frie ly prosec tors, it’s ri le with loopholes that may elimi ate early $2 billio from the p blicize p ishme t.’</p>
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