r33, totally with you. In a way, Pearson is the top villain here; our money may not be in his pocket but he is the reason it has gone.
However, there seems to be virtually no interest in actually doing anything about it (apart from lurid schemes for slitting his throat etc, usually posted late at night). My 'Sue Pearson' thread soon fizzled out and died. Unfortunately I think the apathetic tendency may be right. The risk/reward ratio just isn't right.
I'm not for hanging Pearson or suchlike, but the idea that the man will suffer nothing worse than a couple of months unease for all the harm he has done really does stick in my craw.