> after the 2008 global financial crisis, in which several prominent financial institutions failed and millions of people lost their homes to foreclosure, only one banker was sentenced to jail time, and only for 30 months.
Just because something bad happened doesn't necessarily mean there was a crime for which an individual can be sentenced to jail time (regardless of public outcry after the fact). Here's a list of SEC enforcement actions arising from the crisis https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/enf-actions-fc.shtml
Just because something bad happened doesn't necessarily mean there was a crime for which an individual can be sentenced to jail time (regardless of public outcry after the fact). Here's a list of SEC enforcement actions arising from the crisis https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/enf-actions-fc.shtml