Someone decided that this individual needed to be made into an example and go to jail for some nominal amount of time. Period.
Go to trial, and they would find some statement made in hours of interrogation that wasn't 100% accurate, and convict her of lying to a Federal officer.
This is the USA, don't talk to the authorities without a lawyer, and don't say anything if you can't say the truth. If she doesn't know that she has no business being a CFO.
Someone decided that this individual needed to be made into an example and go to jail for some nominal amount of time. Period.
Go to trial, and they would find some statement made in hours of interrogation that wasn't 100% accurate, and convict her of lying to a Federal officer.