No, this is not how the law works, at least not in Europe. While doing business in Europe I sometimes got some things wrong, for example with taxes. I wasn't r

No, this is not how the law works, at least not in Europe. While doing business in Europe I sometimes got some things wrong, for example with taxes. I wasn't really punished even once - I just had to pay what was missing and correct the documents, even if the maximum punishment for what I did (or failed to do) was some years in jail.