Who is a thief ?

Who is a thief actually? Is it the one who steals something? No, it is actually the one who gets caught while stealing something. See the example of Raju of Satyam, he was a great business leader till the scam came into the public and now everybody criticizes him like anything. But if the real esate bubble would not have happened and Maytas assets were not devalued significantly then he would have been successful and he would be a great business leader now. But then also the fact cannot be ignored that he did forge the books of Satyam. So what is the catch? Getting caught. Our system always follows the practice of “Cure is better than prevention”. So when this kind of issue comes up, the convict gets some punishment and whole episode is forgotten. I am sure there are many corrupt practices even worse than Satyam going on in the corporate world but these will not be prevented because they are not caught yet which goes back to where I started from i.e. “Who is a thief?”