No reason why they would not, it's not a lot of money and it lets them go back and say, "look we pay our people, wear our sig next time and get paid too"

And, that is part of the problem here. There is no repercussions for massive negative trust unless you are selling stuff, and even then if you agree to escrow will people care?
If the deal is good enough, and there is no negative trust saying that they stole money, people will trade. Not as many, but enough.

-Dave