Fine for carrying stolen goods/entrapment

[Gremlin]

I find the scanning to be set up wrong. I always get scanned several times by the same group of ships when system authority crafts show up. This means several fines for the same illicit cargo. This must be wrong as it would mean that, in our world, you could get fined several times by the same cops for the same violation of the law. Also, smuggling seem to be the worst crime you can commit in the Frontier galaxy. It takes a lot of missions to recover your reputation to what it was before getting caught for smuggling.

nah. loitering on a launch pad, entering a station without permission.. All punishable by death.

A single "I forgot to unload my found BlackBoxes" in an early gamma has resulted in the founders world/pilots federation being hostile to me.
Its only with the recent changes that my rep has decayed to "unfriendly" ..

The rep hit for smuggling used to be very severe..

 

[Arubeto]

If you do not pay the fine off within 24 hours it becomes a bounty and you're "wanted".

What I always wondered but never actually tried: will such a fine that turned into a bounty after 24h turn back into a fine after the bounty countdown (the one which is applied for right-away bounties like shooting a not-wanted ship)