Bet there is a lot more of this and other illegal stuff going on with banks both large and small the public does not nor will ever know about.
That article does everything but say directly that many very rich people paid millions each for the privilege of staying out of jail. :-(
Unfortunately, that is a standard amongst any form of government settlements. I've seen pretty much the same in most FTC settlements that I've looked at. The main part is that through the settlement that is no admission of guilt, so with no guilt, no incarceration.
