He’s a fall guy - unfortunately for him, the fall will come while a rope is around his neck.
I can't help but think that if we did that to our corrupt government officials, we would either have a more honest government, or smarter thieves.
China publicly executes prisoners, with a sign arond their neck and a bullet in the back of the head. They then send a bill for the bullet (about 8 cents) to the family of the executed.