Clinton is a path of some sort, certainly. I have known a fellow for almost half a century who fits the psychopath description. He hasn’t killed anyone that I know of and doesn’t seem violent . He is a physical clone for Bill Clinton even to being quite tall. His particular talent is in selling. He can truly sell anything to anybody. Women still hover around him and he is past 70 now. I helped him start a business-Pearl Diver concessions- back in 71 and have watched him beggar his best friends. He clipped me for $300 on a phone card MLM when that was the rage. It was a well spent 300, though. It finally totally inoculated me against get rich scams. He married a woman who shared his traits. She divorced him and stripped him of his considerable assets taking advantage of his dyslexia to get everything in her name before she had him served. He did not get mad. He just kept hustling, even paying the alimony (with no emotion at all) that she got because she served him one day after their 19th wedding anniversary. He just dumped his businesses and started some new ones. Not only could he sell, he could promote loans from the canniest bankers.
What you describe is probably not a psycho or sociopath. It is just a greedy scammer who thinks “everyone does it so why shouldn’t I.” When it comes to money, the lack of conscience goes much more extensively through the population. I think what the article describes is just harm for harm’s sake. They enjoy harming people. You describe someone who does it to gain wealth.