Some human always gets to be the certified fall guy for non-compliance. Maybe the legal agent can help structure the company so that is an ignorant lower level accountant and not the CFO.
Currently we don't know the risk, so it is kind of hard to absorb.
Decade-old spoilers for "How I Met Your Mother" ... but there's a character who has that kind of job, as a legal meat-shield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u62HptZ6TE