Last Friday, as residents of Greater Sydney pondered just how much longer its three-week lockdown needed to drag on, the corporate cop announced a criminal investigation into the conduct of financial services giant AMP had been dropped, with no further action taken.

News that AMP was off the hook and would not face criminal charges in relation to charging financial advice fees to customers who didn’t receive any, received little more than a collective shrug from the public, preoccupied with the return of the worst parts of the pandemic.