>>Doesn’t that mean she made nearly $1 million profit?
Nope, the fine was AFTER forfeiture.
From the article:
“She avoided jail time and was instead sentenced to 840 hours of community service, five years of probation, and had to forfeit $1.2 million, much of which was already seized from her home, along with ledgers documenting the profits.”
Serving the community is what got her in trouble in the first place.
All of which should have been in addition to jail time.
When I was in college in the early ‘70s I had a professor who was considered the top of the pyramid in the criminology profession at least in the state of Florida. DR Charles Unkovic.
He pointed out that if you’re going to be a criminal the best way to do it is to be a white collar Criminal. Articles like this simply illustrate that