>>5236544 (lb)
First they trade their honor for a bit of cheese.
Then they get blackmailed for taking the cheese.
Then they get blackmailed for what they were blackmailed to do.
Then when they are of no further use to the cabal, the cabal outs them for the original blackmail, I suppose to keep their other rats in line.
It definitely isn't all power and glory and they definitely don't keep doing bigger and bigger crimes until they are caught because they want to.
The only way to win is not to play.