The second factor is that BNP’s case came to a head at a time when US prosecutors were being accused of treating banks as “too big to jail,” for fear that pressing charges against them would weaken them too much and thus undermine the real economy. BNP just happened to be one of the next banks in line for prosecution and thus found itself in the crosshairs.
第二项因素是巴黎银行这个案子恰好是在美国检察机关饱受指责之时出现的，人们批评检察机构不愿向银行施压，“太大而不能送进监狱”，担心过度削弱银行将导致实体经济被削弱。巴黎银行只不过刚好排到了下一个检控对象，于是就被钉死了。