This is nonsense. Without writing an essay here, you are apparently focusing on the criminals in jail.<p>There are plenty of very successful and intelligent criminals that have long, prosperous careers in theft.<p>Bernie Madoff ran a very successful, very illegal Ponzi scheme until he was nearly 80.<p>And that&#x27;s not even to touch on the internet ability to let you violate the laws of counties you aren&#x27;t physically in against citizens your gov doesn&#x27;t care about (eg Russia to US), and therefore greatly reduce the risk for punishment.