any chance he doesn't end up in prison, though?
I might be naive, but I'm under the impression that the book doesn't get thrown at white-collar criminals in the US.
what are the odds he just ends up on probation?
I might be naive, but I'm under the impression that the book doesn't get thrown at white-collar criminals in the US.
what are the odds he just ends up on probation?
Personally, I think that impression (which is popular) is largely because A) white-collar criminals can typically afford better representation than someone e.g. accused of armed robbery; B) we're much more likely to hear about someone who embezzled $30 million getting off with a slap on the wrist than we are to hear about someone who broke into an empty apartment building getting a similarly light sentence.
You go to prison for getting caught lying during an investigation about white color crime.
It's largely a matter of whether the case is winnable. Then if he acts anything like his public persona suggests, I can't see too many prosecutors going easy on him, if he's abrasive or something? It's entirely possible they give him the Schwartz treatment.