Paying bribes to government officials, foreign or domestic, is obviously illegal. That's not what I'm talking about, though. Individuals are allowed to accept m

Paying bribes to government officials, foreign or domestic, is obviously illegal. That's not what I'm talking about, though. Individuals are allowed to accept money for most reasons, and that includes doing things that are against their own or other's interests (so long as those actions aren't in themselves crimes).