I have an issue with the comparison terms used in many pages of this thread.
Illegal, semi-legal, totally illegal, grey area… no one knows quite where they stand.
I think you should all turn yourselves in to your respective legal authorities, hire myself and my team of extraordinarily expensive lawyers to get yourselves, well, out of the pooh pile you now find yourself encumbered in! 
Unless you have 200k in loose change, don’t bother applying!