[...]If I understand this correctly they pay less $20.000 in this settlement? What are the odds of criminal charges against them? Because this looks like a joke to me so far.
Yes, this is "only" the FTC settlement (which - once compared to the "official" revenues of BFL - is quite severe)...
But that does not mean there will be no criminal charges and/or (both personal and/or corporate) tax/IRS follow-up...
the FTC action I'm afraid will show that they 'are' protected by the corporation ..thus the corporation as a whole was to blame and they can walk.
The whole purpose of a corp for your biz. Hope I am incorrect but how many judgments have you seen with corps/banks in the USA in the last few
years where anyone involved went to jail?
Nope ...at this point in time ...with the info at hand....they got away with it all and their hidden btc stashes....I"ve no doubt (it is who they are) ;(
Again would like to be convinced otherwise