Court convicts gambling operators of tax crime, rejecting ignorance of law defense for professionals.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court convicted two defendants of tax crimes related to operating gambling machines without a license. The prosecution argued that the defendants, as professionals, should have known the illegality of their actions, while the defense claimed ignorance of the law. The court rejected the ignorance defense by applying a higher standard of knowledge to business professionals, ruling that they cannot claim ignorance of obvious regulatory violations.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 107 § 1 kks; Art. 6 § 2 kks; Art. 10 § 4 kks; Art. 30 § 5 kks; Art. 624 § 1 kpk; Art. 627 kpk; When a professional engages in regulated economic activity, the standard for knowledge of illegality is elevated, and ignorance of the law cannot be a valid defense for obvious statutory violations.