Does a prolonged custodial sentence really seem so inappropriate for a guy with a long and prolific history of fraud?
White collar crime isn’t as blood spattered as some of the alternatives; but it is amply dangerous in the context of a society with structures to subvert; and the people who commit it are exactly the ones who would view fines as just a cost of doing business.
Barring advances in rehabilitation bordering on neural resocialization, this fellow seems like an excellent candidate for direct, non financial, punishment of substantial severity.
(edit: it seems worth noting that, per Arstechnica, this gentleman has spawned 12 transient and mysterious Florida corporations over the past couple of decades, so odds are good that this isn’t his first experience with “sunny place for shady people” work.)
