British bank HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for drug cartels and violating multiple banking laws, but the Justice Department elected not to pursue criminal prosecutions of the bank, opting instead for a financial settlement, about five weeks of income for the bank.
This is outrageous.
File criminal charges and send those to prison who are proven to have broken the law. Do not accept plea bargains from any charges, other than in exchange for incriminating information against others, and under no circumstances, accept financial payoffs in lieu of criminal sentences.
America is a land of laws. Let's keep it that way.