If you plan to rip someone off, I suggest avoiding the rich people. It’s clear that stealing from the poor and middle class is perfectly acceptable in the US. For examples, look at the price gouging from oil companies, food manufacturers, retailers and pharmaceutical companies in the past 3 years who took advantage of Covid to raise prices and reap record windfall profits.
Or, consider health insurance, medicare fraud, telemarketing scams and the like that have been occurring for decades with few consequences for the perpetrators.
But – steer clear of screwing the wealthy.
Just ask Elizabeth Holmes (11 year sentence), Bernie Madoff (multiple life sentences, died in prison) and Jeffrey Epstein (“suicided” to death in prison).
Funny how that works.
Not.