Big money will always protect big money.
People with massive assets and huge tracts of land will always have the inside track on moving money, getting loans, earning interest, hiding money etc. The average person doesn't even know the regulatory rules that govern what you can and can't do with massive piles of money.
They just operate under a different set of rules than 99% of people, and won't actually feel financial distress if their net worth has 9 zeroes instead of 10.