I always wonder what happens with these high-profile transgressors. I once created a Google News alert for a high-level Apple employee who went to jail for some criminal act at Apple and never saw any indication of him again. I’m guessing his career in economics is likely over (he’d previously worked at the NY Fed before starting at MIT) and I wonder what he’ll end up doing—will he be able to find some sort of white-color work in the future or will he be condemned to retail or food-service employment.
Or, as in the case of the LaCour/UCLA kid, a lot of outfits will agree with the ends if not the means. Still, getting caught doing this has to close 100 doors for every 1 door it opens.