If it's true that it is criminal to give away miles to many different people and/or upgrades to people I've never met, I'd be in the pokey at least a couple of dozen times.
So, in the meantime, I think I'll just continue to give away what I'm not going to use. Sorry, UA! You can always accuse me/freeze my account/debase me, and ask questions later and all that. And then I'll just take my business and my (quite substantial) revenue elsewhere - no sweat, really, as I've heard terrific things about oneworld, anyway. It's so easy to switch from UA/LH/SQ/TG to AA/BA/CX!! It really is!!
Will