Crime Doesn't Pay
CRIME DOES NOT PAY was the title of an American comic book series published during the 40s and 50s by creator Lev Gleason.
The phrase saying 'crime doesn't pay is the view that punishment rather than profit is the ultimate consequence of corruption.
This proverb crime doesn't pay is an example of a Victorian saying meant to encourage morality and work. It was something that, for the smooth working of society, the authorities would like the populace to believe rather than a time-tested encapsulation of human wisdom.