As I said previously, anyone conducting a DVLA search must have a legitimate reason.
If someone has done a search, i am sure they would not post the result. A this stage I do not know, but for those that have already done a search (and i am sure there must be quite a few), they will also have to be very careful what they put on a public forum due to the Data Protection Act. Whether the Act applies depends upon the result of the search.
However, Imran has the opportunity to clear his name here. I sense from the lack of response that there may be something to hide. If I had found out this info about a car I had bought I would have been most willing to name the seller. Doing so does not incriminate anyone, the seller may be also innocent.
Thanks for clearing that up, me man. Seeing as Imran is logged on he has the ideal opportunity to say whether the car was or was not owned by someone he knows, without naming them.