>What a slap on the wrist. "You blatantly lied to your customers for years. How about you just continue to implement the thing that you were working on anyways."

Honestly - that's inline with the severity of the crime.

>I don't think punishment is always the best solution but it seems that you should at least set some sort of example.

I'm not a fan of regulatory bodies making examples of companies for minor infractions. And this is a very minor infraction.