It’s not a question of black and white thinking. If a business took $20,000 from me, and prosecutors told me that they
could get the full $20,000 back but instead they’re going to set some of it on fire and only get $10,000, I’d have some serious questions.
Maybe answerable ones, if the deterrence theory works out! But I don’t understand who it is that’s supposed to be getting punished or deterred. The owners are losing the business anyway, what do they care if you put the assets to productive use or not?
