Lawyers for those accused of involvement in the plot say this was because the supergrass was not only involved but was an instigator of the conspiracy.
That would be a clear break from recent elections, with have generally only involved two or three parties.
"I'm really the only involved party whose fee doesn't depend on the deal closing," Mr. Graubard said.
There may still be a threat, he says, even where the state in question is only involved financially in a sensitive infrastructure project.
Even Nick Leeson, whose transgressions in the 90s (a time when doing a "Leeson/Kerviel" only involved having to open up a secret account) has voiced surprise that this could happen today.
This major cultural endeavor not only involved active collaboration between two nations, but also spurred the formation of a new company, engineering research, and major curriculum reform in aerospace engineering at MIT and beyond.
"The spirit of cooperation that has opened up is truly new," he said, pointing to the engagement of business leaders in discussions around the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), which has traditionally only involved negotiators representing nations.
As a result of these two changes, people's decisions not only involved options that dramatically differed in the time and effort that would be required, but also directly impacted the outcomes of another.
