They would not be so brazen in doing this (in relative openness with every developer being in on it) if they thought an AG would actually care.
They do this because they correctly calculated that they have enough connections and/or bribes to preempt such an action.
We often see reports of state AGs taking actions against companies.
My guess is that bribes of state AG offices would be unusual. (Do you have better information about that?)
The questions on my mind would be how much resources an AG's office has to deal with corporate crime, and how a given crime would get triaged.
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They would not be so brazen in doing this (in relative openness with every developer being in on it) if they thought an AG would actually care.
They do this because they correctly calculated that they have enough connections and/or bribes to preempt such an action.