The legal doctorine is called “clawback” and it is used be receivers unwinding a ponzi scheme to level out the losses.
In a Ponzi Scheme, earlier investors are provided return on principal and often return OF principal with the principal (original investment) of newer investors. The theory is that you unwittingly benefited from criminal activity and should not have, since you participated in the later investors losing their money.
Thanks. It seems like another way to subjectively target something.