It was always like that. At all points throughout history. So law makers put in laws and regulations that had punitive fines on the conduct for businesses. 49 U.S.C ยง 32703, the law that makes federal odometer fraud a crime, was passed in October 1972 and had a $10,000 fine for screwing with an odometer. If inflation kept up with the punishment it'd be $71,897.64 today. But time passes, fine amounts don't get touched, and eventually it's profitable on the whole to do it. $10,000 if you get caught? That's less than the profit of the deal, so who cares? The conduct resumes.