Quote from: harrymccartney on July 28, 2012, 10:42 amQuote from: oscarzululondon on July 27, 2012, 10:18 pmThe biggest risk is Metro Bank handing lists of everyone to the Police / SOCA of everyone who deposited or withdrew into Intersango's bank account from another UK bank account and those account details. That would be the quickest, easiest and most cost effective way to sting people from a law enforcement perspective.But depositing to Intersango's account is not in itself unlawful. How would this 'sting' come about?The burden of proof is still with the police. I've known all along that any compromise of Intersango would see the all of my details available to the authorities, but really what can they prove?Even if they were to painstakingly start tracing BTC movements, how far could they get without any physical evidence, i.e. drugs?Well you see Harry therein lies the problem - what if tracing the movements of the BTC did lead them to monitor the mail of people who'd bought coins? Put yourself in the place, can you think of an easier way to detect people buying drugs via SR in this way than to simply lean on the most popular UK exchange for a copy of their records.Conversely for those people who have been caught receiving contraband in the mail and claiming that they knew nothing about it and that it was unsolicited, how long will that defence hold water when it can be proven they've bought the No. 1 digital currency for trafficking in illegal goods?Buying Bitcoin in itself isn't illegal as you say but I think either way you can do without the kind of attention that comes with the two above scenarios - play it safe and buy your BTC with cash - I realise that it's easy for me to say this to get more customers but I am not the only poker game in town ; search Craigslist for someone who'll let you buy them in person if you want, but whatever method you use remember the only way to get Bitcoins safely is through using cash or selling goods/services for BTC.V.