> it's like how in the US, it is illegal to pay taxes on illegally gotten gains, Actually, the rule in the US is: it is illegal to /not/ pay taxes on illegall

> it's like how in the US, it is illegal to pay taxes on illegally gotten gains, Actually, the rule in the US is: it is illegal to /not/ pay taxes on illegally gotten gains Failing to declare and pay income tax on income (no matter the source of the income) is what is illegal. And many a criminal (as another poster mentioned in regards to Al Capone) has been ensnared in a "failed to pay income tax" /gotcha/ even though they could not be convicted of the illegal activity itself.