Reply #16: I suspect 'Blackmail' in the likes of:

[Amonester]

"If you (the DOj) get any of us in jail, we (mega-fraudstering banksters & HOSTAGE takers) will just "pull the plug" on all ATMs, credit-cards systems, and on, and on (everything), and YOU, our dear bought-and-sold pols, will be left to deal with the populace, you know, all these "lesser people" who THEN will come running to YOU, SCREAMING they WANT their money back "NOW," and AN IMMEDIATE ACCESS to their accounts, etc. And you know what? We ("criminals inc.") will have long flown away in our private jets to all our bought-and-sold FISCAL PARADISES where ALL THEIR MONEY IS... so eff off and DO AS WE SAY (like you always do...), m'kay?"!!

It comes to a point where there must not be too many other possibilities left...