White collar crime pays. 4 months and a few billion in fines. Oh believe me, crime pays. I've always said it. Wear a suit and tie, don't piss of the wrong people (it's okay to rob the poor and working class, just not your other friends in suits). You'll squirrel enough away to make the (short) jail trip worthwhile.
That's for sure, especially in this day and age when you can easily lose bitcoin in a boating accident.

I think the only reason he actually will serve jail time, as comfortable a prison as it'll end up being, is that he didn't have enough politician friends in the US.
Him being Chinese also probably didn't help.