Why would you do this? Risking so much just for some extra money? How much is enough? He had a good job and compensation. Just why?! https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-foreign-exchange-trader-sentenced-prison-price-fixing-and-bid-rigging
It works both ways. Didn't really make any mistakes growing up? Don't know the real meaning of consequence. Pathologically make mistakes? Don't really care about consequences.
https://www.ft.com/content/2cbf1738-33cd-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de Quant at Citadel was paid $700K in 2018 and still tried to steal, via WhatsApp 😂 If he didn’t get caught, he probably would’ve make $20M+ though
I can see many reasons why someone would do this.
Which?
Some people just don’t know what ‘enough’ is. Check out ‘Psychology of money’ by Morgan Housel. It’s an easy read like Michael Lewis’ books.