It is a criminal offense that the cities prosecute if you fail to register. 

(Sadly, Elon was more interested in the Twittersphere.)The way laws are written/enforced; it's almost impossible to prosecute and convict competent white-collar criminality, as the smart crooks have found all manner of ways of creating quasi-legitimate facades/presentations that play on people's gullibility and "greed"....this ethos permeates all sectors.

It's been seven years and we are still working through the court system that appears far more interested in protecting the criminals than any form of justice for the victims.

Criminals will always have a way of doing evil, stay tight on your security and it may bring you more confidence my friend.

It still feels like less a CA story than someone doubling down on stupidity.But again:  the woman is a criminal and I hope the civil suit is followed by a criminal trial.People are saying how easy it is to run afoul of laws.

Plus CA will not prosecute anyone if they go into a store and take $950 or less of merchandise, stores can't even get a police response for that. 

Prisons won’t keep criminals so they keep letting these thugs back out.

Good morning, I am planning to buy a property to rent in Buckeye Shaker.I know it is a quarter with quite a lot of criminality.

Anything ridiculous gets turned in to insurance, and anything criminal - think concrete in toilets or cabinets torn off walls - goes to the police.

There is no workaround for selling securities without following securities laws and there are plenty of people in jail, or with ruined reputations after being prosecuted, who have tried.