Not a lawyer here but would that fall under "profiting from the proceeds of crime"?
This article from Australia suggests it's illegal in that country, I wonder if it's the same in the US.
>Orders may also be made to seize the proceeds of the commercial exploitation of a person’s notoriety from criminal offending, literary or otherwise (but often described as “literary proceeds”).
This article from Australia suggests it's illegal in that country, I wonder if it's the same in the US.
>Orders may also be made to seize the proceeds of the commercial exploitation of a person’s notoriety from criminal offending, literary or otherwise (but often described as “literary proceeds”).
http://theconversation.com/explainer-how-proceeds-of-crime-l...