All of them seem to be real honest people with a constant eye to abiding by the law. They have to be law abiding because they are under constant scrutiny with reporting and accountability processes that are absolutely anal. It sounds like the people caught up in this trap were long time professionals in the industry. This wasn't "Bubba" from the local militia selling Uzi's out of his garage.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with militias, by the way.)
When these people get lawyered up for this, I am going to assume they will be getting some top grade legal reps. This should mean that the legal beavers will bring up a host of issues that will be mighty embarrassing to a lot of people who otherwise would be off the screen. If this happens, I predict that this case will implode very quickly.