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Sure, just like the Quest CEO who got thrown in the slammer for not cooperating with the NSA [1].

If you're big enough fish, you will be caught either with a lure or a net.

[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/30...




He was 'thrown in the slammer' for a decade worth of accounting fraud and insider trading.. His excuse was that the big bad NSA was out to get him, but I'm not quite sure how that explains his fraudulent Enron deals;

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/29/business/enron-s-many-stra...

Or why they had to restate $550M in revenue and then take $11 billion in writedowns from overvalued assets..

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/945565/Qwest-plans-to-res...




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