Internet Gambling Funding Ban By Chuck Humphrey

Hey Everyone,
I do believe affiliates are at great risk for continuing on. After much thought going back and forth with this I am going to either sell my sites or remove all linking to online casinos and online poker. I don’t how everyone else is doing this month, but what my stats are showing is a a severe fall off in business. Is it worth the risk to continue for dimishing returns? I don’t think so.

Attorney Chuck Humphrey:
Aider and Abettor Liability

The federal aider and abettor statute, 18 U.S.C. 2, provides:

“(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
(b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.”

The criminal provision of Section 5366 creates a new “offense against the United States.” All those who aid or abet an online gambling website that is in violation of Section 5363, and thus of Section 5366, are punishable as if they were the online gambling Website. The same goes for those who are employees and officers. In appropriate cases this “punishable as a principal” law may also ensnare directors, major shareholders, advertising media, affiliates and those who are so-called consultants, team members or front men for the online gambling Websites.

Full link to this article: Xhttp://www.gambling-law-us.com/Federal-Laws/internet-gambling-ban.htm