1. If an unincorporated person built and sold you a watch that turned out to keep time very inaccurately, you could get your money back and maybe get some civil damages.
2. If an unincorporated person used your payment info to take money from you monthly without your knowledge, they would lose their ability to charge anybody money and likely go to prison for fraud.
3. If an incorporated person sold you a digital watch that was likely to electrocute you and continued to sell it after people were shocked to death, that person would certainly see prison time.
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But in a megacorp now, it seems scenarios 2 and 3 are penalised only by fines of a fraction of the amount of money they made from their very bad behavior. Criminal charges should be the standard in many cases where they are not.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about this particular case.
1. If an unincorporated person built and sold you a watch that turned out to keep time very inaccurately, you could get your money back and maybe get some civil damages.
2. If an unincorporated person used your payment info to take money from you monthly without your knowledge, they would lose their ability to charge anybody money and likely go to prison for fraud.
3. If an incorporated person sold you a digital watch that was likely to electrocute you and continued to sell it after people were shocked to death, that person would certainly see prison time.
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But in a megacorp now, it seems scenarios 2 and 3 are penalised only by fines of a fraction of the amount of money they made from their very bad behavior. Criminal charges should be the standard in many cases where they are not.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about this particular case.