If there's no corporation, then there's nobody to do that compliance. You can't get $50k per day out of a nonexistent corporation.
And in general, you can't go after the actual people -- the point of a corporation is to limit the liability of the people involved. That corporate veil can be pierced, and it's up to the judge to decide when. It's not at all certain that a judge would decide it's valid in this case.
I won't try to talk you out of the equivalence you're drawing, which I believe is false. Even so, I think you should consider that this case represents a serious accusation that turned out entirely false, and it's a positive thing that they are being required to follow the laws about it.