Ethan tears open his old rag doll and pulls a plastic-wrapped bundle from its stomach.

Rafael was sentenced first.

His cooperation mattered.

So did kickbacks.

Custodial sentence.

Restitution.

Forfeiture of illicit payments.

No life.

No movie punishment.

Claire Danton received probation and community service for limited obstruction conduct.

Her role smaller.

Harrison:

Probation.

Six months home confinement.

Fine.

Compliance-related restitution amount modest because prosecutors could not tie broad scheme losses directly to his eleven certifications.

No prison.

Permanent bar from serving as compliance officer in a federally contracted medical-device distributor for a defined period, imposed through settlement and professional terms.

Not lifetime exile from work.

At sentencing Harrison said:

“I was afraid that refusing bad instructions would cost me my job, and later I was afraid admitting my own failures would make no one believe the larger truth. I used both fears to justify choices I knew were wrong.”

Then:

“I also involved my son in hiding evidence. That was not protection. It was passing my fear to a child.”

I cried.

Quietly.

The judge said:

“Cooperation does not erase misconduct. Misconduct does not erase cooperation.”

Exactly.

Victoria’s sentencing came later.

Loss calculation contested.

Court rejected government’s highest number.

Accepted a narrower amount tied to counts of conviction and reasonably foreseeable conduct.

Custodial sentence substantial but far below statutory maximum.