Agent1107....LOL, hopefully you didn't read "money is the root..".,but rather you read "the love of money is the root...."
I don't think it is true that crooks don't care about the consequences. I think it is more that they think they are too clever to get caught. Even once suffering the consequences, (Prison), many devote more time to trying to figure out how they screwed up and were able to get caught rather than trying to figure out why they screwed up at all. Some claim that prison is the university where you hone your criminal skills.