@donkeypong the sad truth is this behavior is not isolated to the New York DA. The same calculus applies to the IRS as well. For some time, enforcement was pushed against waiters/waitresses who failed to claim all of their tips on their income tax returns, while the Large Business and International (LBI)division of the IRS had funding cut, so enforcement actions against these bigger fish dropped.
I think this ugly truth more than any left me incredibly jaded about the term , "Equal Justice Under the Law."
It's a lot easier for them to pick on the smaller ones.
@donkeypong I will agree with you that it's much easier to go after someone without the resources to defend themselves. I am reminded about the Deeper Dive I wrote about earlier on my blog, when I lived the life of an unbanked individual. It's incredible how expensive it is to be poor.