Yes, but I think it has a lot more to do with than money. These compromised CEOs already have a lot of money, and their riches are all tied up in assets.
I think it's a far more nefarious MO than that. I really think there is a dark spiritual component and the lower echelon are even engaged in, while atrempting to please and raise in status with their masters.
Money is a simpler explanation that seems to open up the eyes a little of those who can't quite accept the deeper truths.

It's called genocide.