Background figures into a lot more than employment and voting, for one.

I hadn't considered his current financial situation - I'd be perfectly okay with taking his net worth for damages.

In case it wasn't blatantly fucking obvious, this was a list of ideas, non an exhaustive compendium of possible penalties!

Cynical? It's an assurance that he never ends up in a position to do this again.

I'm opposed to prison for white-collar crimes because I see prison as a place for segregation from society when there is no other option; specifically for violent and dangerous criminals. I don't see how locking this guy up serves any kind of justice other than the poetic type.

Agreed. If you or I were to detain someone against their will for an extended time, its called 'kidnapping' and is a capital crime in some states. Definitely imprisonment is a violent act.

In case you're asking this out of curiosity and not rhetorically (which your last sentence makes me think it's the latter..)

I'd say prison should exclude fundamentally non-violent crimes on the part of the person taking the action. People who have to be isolated from society, not because they've done something that violates some law, but because they've proven that they are a clear and present danger to others. Robbers, rapists, murderers, and so on.

I say this because prison has incredibly deleterious effects on the human psyche. As long as our system is about punishment rather than reform, I cannot in good faith condemn someone to that fate unless there is literally no other option to keep them from harming further.

This guy is both older and well off. There are ways to obtain restitution that don't involve having him spend years among violent criminals and ending up more damaged than when he went in.