Third, such fines are, in any case, paid by the companies’ shareholders, not by their executives or board members (all of whom carry insurance). In the rare cases in which fines have been levied on individuals, either their insurance policies picked up most of the bill, or the penalties were trivial relative to the cash compensation that they received while committing their crimes – or both.
第三，这笔罚款与其他案件一样，是由股东支付的，而不是由高管或董事（他们都有保险保护着呢）支付的。即使在极少数罚款由个人承担的案件中，要么被罚者的保险支付了罚金的大头，要么罚金与犯罪带来的好处比起来不值一提，要么两者兼而有之。