> Is there any reason you couldn't get someone else to lend you their name so that they act under their real name for you? Surely that'd be an option for risk-a

> Is there any reason you couldn't get someone else to lend you their name so that they act under their real name for you? Surely that'd be an option for risk-averse people. This just pushes the problem up a level. The front-person would assume the legal risk, and if they're trying to avoid it they will let the legal system know the "real" person. IRL there are "goalies"[1] - indigent individuals who for a low price will assume the legal risk of, for example, registering ownership of a car. This is a grey area indeed. [1] translation of the Swedish term "målvakt", from where I know of this phenomenon.