Pound of Flesh!

A few centuries ago in Great Britain,a pickpocket who was caught used to be executed in public. The event used to be widely publicised with the intention that it serves as a deterrent to others.
Ironically though, it was at this event that maximum pockets were picked!
The above irony has an astonishing similarity with the modern day scams. No sooner is a scamster exposed-laywyers, journalists, politicians, retired judges, bureaucrats, investigating agencies, N.G.O's et al see an opportunity to extract their pound of flesh.