If they can not show dishonesty or
criminal intent then civil penalties, up to double the amount of tax owed, in addition to the tax itself, can still be levied.
Not exact matches
Similarly, if the actions taken in this case satisfy the elements of an existing crime, for example, depending on the gamer's actions and
intent, fraud,
then this could also be a path to treat this as a
criminal manner.
But
then you'll remember what your
criminal law tutor reminds you every lecture: drunken
intent is still
intent.
If the heir is charged with something like «involuntary manslaughter,»
then no
intent is involved in that crime under the
criminal statutes.
It is arguable that it should be illegal simply to acquire the personal information, without actually using it — but
then would protective or limiting measures be needed to prevent abuse, or to ensure that there was some
criminal intent?
To complete their research, the authors analyzed all the scam accusations they could find on Bitcointalk, Reddit, and other bitcoin forums, and
then analyzed them one by one, leaving only indubitable cases and excluding such cases as Mt. Gox for which no
criminal intent can be proven.
They use their «little grey cells» to determine the
intent and source of
criminal activity and
then strive to find the perpetrator.