"I relied on the experts around me for guidance, and I regret that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished, but because it appears that I don't have respect for the law."

What the hell would those "experts" have had to suggest to him before it would have occured to him that it was just too damned wrong? And if he wants to claim that he has respect for the law, it would behoove him to pull his head out of his behind and pay a little attention to the law.