FFL Dealer that prevent or stop straw purchase are the real unsung hero against criminals illegally acquiring firearms, to bad these criminals are seldom prosecuted.
Here is a case where the criminal was.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/vt/press/2...y/jackley.html

May 28, 2008

UK CITIZEN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO BUY HANDGUN
The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Stephen Jackley, 22,of the United Kingdom, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for lying about his nationality and attempting to use false identification to purchase a handgun.

On May 19, 2008, Stephen Jackley was arrested on Route 100 in Vermont after fleeing Henry Parro's gun shop in Waterbury. Court documents show that Jackley entered the gun shop and asked for a compact model Glock handgun. He filled out the federally required form and falsely claimed that he was a United States citizen and that he currently lived in Vermont. When asked for a means of identification, Jackley produced a Vermont non-driver's ID. The store owner found it suspicious and asked if it was real. While Jackley insisted it was, the owner called the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles and found it was a forgery. Jackley then fled the store. In the process, his rental car collided with a vehicle parked at the store. The Vermont State Police soon thereafter arrested Jackley heading north on Route 100.

Court documents show that Jackley, a resident of Worcester, England, had flown to Boston on May 13, 2008 and then traveled to Vermont. Documents found in his vehicle show that he planned to purchase a gun and that he was planning to use it to commit armed robberies, including banks robberies in England. The documents also show that Jackley is facing charges in the Netherlands for armed robbery with a knife.

Jackley has now been indicted by the federal grand jury in Vermont on charges of lying and trying to use false identification to induce a federally licensed firearms dealer to sell a handgun to a person not permitted to make such a purchase. He has been detained pending trial. The maximum penalty for the crime, should Jackley be convicted, would be ten years in prison. The United States Attorney stated that the Indictment is an accusation only and that Jackley is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

U.S. Attorney Thomas D. Anderson noted that this matter was investigated and prosecuted as part of the U.S. Attorney and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Project Safe Vermont and the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiatives. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America, marshaling federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who violate federal gun laws. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Safe Vermont, please visit: www.psn.gov and www.usdoj.gov/usao/vt.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Jackley is represented by Richard Bothfeld, Esq. of Burlington. The Government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney James Gelber.