Why does white collar crime get such low punishments?
Sure he didn't put a gun to someone's head, but this guy ruined lives.
Is 5 years not a lot? Imagine everything that you accomplished in the past 5 years didn't happen and that you are now an ex-con. I doubt that you would say that that was not a low punishment. Now you could ask, why do other criminals receive such hight sentences? That would be a better question. But 5 years for robbery (I assume he forfeited all of the money he took) sounds harsh but fair
Ruined whose lives? Some accountants in Facebook and Google probably got fired. But, then it was likely their job to not fall for such a scam. I’ve been told that this is a common technique, just typically not at this scale.