There are interesting relationships between traditional and emerging payment technologies. The online marketplace for counterfeit credit cards has been accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. Some people think this is because Bitcoin is anonymous. I would say this is because Bitcoin is secure - at least, more secure than the originals of the products offered on this website.
At one time the website accepted Liberty Reserve online currency, but shortly after federal charges against Liberty Reserve were made public in the Southern District of New York in May 2013, the fakeplastic website stopped accepting that currency and began accepting Bitcoin, a cryptographic-based digital currency. As set forth on the site’s “news” section, Bitcoin was viewed as a “safe” and “anonymous” method of payment for contraband.
The site is still up and running. Don't waste your time if you want to spend your Bitcoins on this website: the registration is by invitation (from FBI?) only.
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