If 700k - p_caught * (value of 30 months of your life + 700k + reputation + fines) is greater than 0, a rational and amoral person should execute the trade.

Am I reading your comment correctly? GP says that, over 30 months, the average American makes $125k. Given a $68k per year average that you provide, that's $170k after 30 months, which is even more than GP estimated. Even if the average were $40k/year, that's still $100k after 30 months.

Said they made "something like." I'm sorry for not making it clearer it was meant to be a rough guideline not a precise number.

Looks like jjulius used 20 months in a year.

I used 12 months in a year and went up to 20 months, too tired to realize that they were talking about 2.5 years instead of 1.5. Original comment edited, my mistake, let's all go back to sleep now.