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Originally Posted by jackaaron
What jurisdiction would it be a crime if I shipped $$ to my bro, he deposited in his account, and simply clicked what I told him to click (as described in the OP)?
i never said it was.
I said that something that is illegal in a jurisdiction is illegal in that jurisdiction.
If that same thing is legal in another jurisdiction, it is legal there.
Your example, you have moved the event to a new jurisdiction where it is legal, so yes, not a crime.
However, that doesn't change the fact that if you hadn't gone through the small inconvenience of moving jurisdictions, it still would be a crime in the original jurisdiction.
For example, if its illegal to buy fireworks in illinois, but legal in missouri. Just because you live near the border and its easy to drive across the river and buy your fireworks in missouri, that doesn't affect that it is still illegal for you to buy them in illinois.
so - yes, it is a crime (to buy fireworks in illinois) even if a small inconvenience (driving to missouri) would make it not a crime.
Or in your original example, yes it is still a crime (to deposit/play poker in the US) even if the small inconvenience (acting through a proxy in a foreign country) makes it not a crime.
(PS> not debating the factuality of whether or not playing poker is a crime or acting through proxy is a crime.)