The country that issued the sentence is the same country that profited off of the exports and whose government is heavily involved in business deals[1]... so yeah.

Also, the punishment would be not to the executives, but to the company involved (Toshiba) and imposed externally. However:

>In response to the affair, Toshiba carried out lobbying activities in Congress between 1987 and 1989 to ease the sanctions. The amount of money invested by Toshiba, the number of lobbyists, and the scale of its activities were said to be the largest ever.

So, business as usual.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government-business_relations_...