NFL player Mychal Kendricks traded on insider information provided by a friend working at Goldman Sachs to make just over a million dollars. Kendricks got off fairly light and even kept his job but it’s nuts that two people in two highly-coveted and well-compensated positions would risk so much for such a (relatively) small amount. Money makes people do stupid stuff, I guess.
Criminals don't expect to get caught.
A Chicago pharmacist just got charged for selling CDC vaccination cards for $10 each for total $1250 in profit. Lost his $100k+ job and faces at least a few years in prison. Crazy what some people will risk for a little money.