Kim... fair enough, if the original agreement is that if someone is caught cheating that they forfeit any and all money, then the person paying out can of course withhold any and all money.
Still, if I was running a program, I would want to be 99.99% sure that it was in fact cheating and not a misunderstanding or attack by a 3rd party, and for that reason I would contact the person in question before deleting their account.
However, it appears as though you had overwhelming evidence (his saying the site was old yet referrals from the day before, etc) and I am not chastizing you for your decision. It seems like this industry is a self-policing one, and that with message boards like this and many others, that if you are respectful of the rules and the industry and put in the time, that you can be very profitable without cheating, which is always the best way to go about it.
Specifically, as a newcommer developing a couple sites and generating traffic over the last 6 months, I am interested in meeting some more people in the industry, an aim/email/icq contact with you would be fantastic if you are interested.
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