I have a broad question about the risks associated with the hobby. Can anyone tell me if they've ever known someone who's been legally caught in a bind even if they're seeing reputable providers with reviews? What are the odds?
Here's how I look at it (and I'm uninformed, please correct me). Absent some kind of external, personal reason for an investigation (like the campaign finance issues that got Eliot Spitzer in trouble), the only routes I see are (1) a sting is set up by LE using an established girl as bait; or (2) LE goes through a back-breaking amount of investigation and stalking, like putting bugs and cameras in a room without anyone's knowledge. (2) seems totally outlandish and the effort would be disproportionate to the objective unless LE knew the target's identity and it was politically high-profile. (1) seems like it's at least possible if a girl wanted to reduce or eliminate a sentence and the police were really interested in Johns for some reason. BP stings seem to be common, anyway, but that's a different animal due to the lack of screening.