It's not that simple. Lying to an FBI agent or the SEC is a crime, and within the financial it's taken quite seriously, a career ender. Even invoking your 5th amendment right could be near fatal to your employment. For a corporate officer I'm surprised she didn't plead this out, but I'm sure that would have been the end of her serving as an officer or on the board of any public corporation.
Harsh, maybe, though I don't think so, but I don't see it changing.
Harsh, maybe, though I don't think so, but I don't see it changing.
That's all well and good, but since Stewart is not employed by the securities industry, it is 100% irrelevant. On top of that, the lying is not the crime she is facing jail for. She is facing jail for the percieved share manipulation that occured when she professed her innocence.