Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a “get out of jail free” card. Just follow in the footsteps of HSBC, Toyota, GM, and others like them to receive a deferred prosecution agreement. Most recently, the defe

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a “get out of jail free” card. Just follow in the footsteps of HSBC, Toyota, GM, and others like them to receive a deferred prosecution agreement.

Most recently, the deferred prosecution agreement was a lucrative business proposal between the DOJ and GM. General Motors Company settled their case by paying $900 million to the United States Department of Justice.

No admitting of any guilt and no jail time for decision makers for the GM side; a bundle of cash for the DOJ side. It’s a win-win situation, right?

Except for the monkey in the middle.