There's no law being broken, but they'll drag you through the court system to arrive at that conclusion, at which point you've already been punished by having your life disrupted and your coffers emptied.
A friend got a DUI once, and he described it as "if you get a lawyer the DA will make sure you pay your lawyer $10k. If you don't get a lawyer the fines and everything will end up being about $10k. Regardless of what you do, it will cost you $10k".
Process as punishment.
There's no law being broken, but they'll drag you through the court system to arrive at that conclusion, at which point you've already been punished by having your life disrupted and your coffers emptied.
A friend got a DUI once, and he described it as "if you get a lawyer the DA will make sure you pay your lawyer $10k. If you don't get a lawyer the fines and everything will end up being about $10k. Regardless of what you do, it will cost you $10k".
Same idea.