Exactly. They also lose total respectability. With the Bernie Madoff scandal and all this other stuff watch for this FBI investigation to get buried. They dont want any more black eyes.
Unfortunately that is a total mistake - the very best thing they could do is to act swiftly and bring the maximum charges possible against their own.
Then they begin to show they are about market integrity and not market complicity!
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot.