Actually. Worse. It’ll encourage mal-behavior as now the punishment is well known and way less than “consultation” fees gained.
Agreed. If that's all it cost them then they'll consider it a bargain!
I think it'd be dangerous for a business to assume that penalties are always this low. This is an example of the system getting things wrong in the eyes of the public more than a precedent that shows how penalties always work.
Is it really so far fetched to assume that the penalties will be low when the penalties have always been low?