Appeals will be filed for everyone involved, taking time and costing money. If appeals fail within the department, appeals will be made to the Civil Service Board. If those appeals fail, the officers could file suit in Superior Court. The perpetrators already see themselves as victims. For a person desiring to make a lot of money from a small investment in a short amount of time, wishful thinking often takes over where critical thinking should step in.
Wishes become facts.
Skeptics become idiots for not getting on board. Desires become reality. Asking questions seems rude and unfriendly. Scam artists know how greed works and all it takes is one con man to get the thing started. Greed is only part of the answer.