Filling in for Puck while he's on a much deserved vacation.  

Take a look at this article in the Miami Herald.

Hopefully they were not caught completely by surprise and were better prepared for trouble than the agency in Arizona a while back.

...NEVER under any conditions provide your last name or where you work or work phone number to anyone in the hobby.  If an agency or provider wants this, move on to other fish in the sea or find another way to get verified.  My 40 reviews (and others that I never reviewed) go to show that giving out this kind of info is NOT necessary in order to play.  I've never done it and never will.

Hell, I've never even given my real FIRST name. Like Julia Roberts said to Richard Gere: "What do you want it to be?"

If ya get one of them girls that insists on checking ID at the door, there are some sites that make reasonably good fakes - wouldn't hold up to any real scrutiny, but makes a good hobby pass.  

I used to use MC long ago but I used them so infrequently that I had to be reverified each time so I just gave up on them. Besides the girls they had with only a few exceptions just weren't that interesting to me. Nowadays my little black book is filled with independents here and away that I call and arrange something without the need for verification anymore. No more agencies required or needed.