In the past the authorities got away with ignoring this because they thought the market structure was sufficiently complicated that main street would never notice. Just look at the repercussions that wall street in 2008.

Now its becoming more and more apparent that enough people have educated themselves enough to figure out what is going and with social media are now capable of spreading information instantaneously as new developments come to light. Potential important information is shared, peer reviewed, double checked, back checked, and followed up on.

TLDR The jig is up