If enough people are pissed at someone for something, the government will find a way to throw them in jail.
Take Martin Shkreli, for instance. I don't doubt that he was probably guilty of what he was charged with (unrelated to his price hikes of drugs), but I doubt he would have been charged if not for his infamy otherwise. I suspect what he was charged with would also encompass many other business people in the US who are less infamous.
