Societal scorn, and yes, danger to their safety is what will slow these scumbags down.
In the past, we have been quick to admire those that get rich by any means, (1980s thought).
I can’t say that we’ve admired people who “got rich” especially “by any means”.
I don’t swallow Oliver Stoned’s myth about “Greed is good” and the 1980s being the decade of greed. It was in the 1990s that people said “we cannot impeach Bill Clinton, because it would not be good for the market”. This in 1998, and the internet bubble burst ANYWAY.