E-Gold got used for carders (a lot), HYIPs/moneygames, and, most regrettably, child pornography (this is all in court documents; I consulted for E-Gold and worked on an affiliated project back in 1998-1999, about a decade before the prosecution). It was funny running into Carol Van Cleef, a lawyer from Patton Boggs, who defended E-Gold after they were convicted (in implementing the agreement), at the Bitcoin 2013 conference (she knew my name from docs, but we'd never met).
E-Gold actually was helping prosecutors vs. the carders/cp people, and maintaining files on them/actively working with law enforcement, but when it became a criminal case about E-Gold, that information was used as evidence the system itself supported these activities.
LR is probably in the same position; I know they have essentially the same market positioning.
E-Gold actually was helping prosecutors vs. the carders/cp people, and maintaining files on them/actively working with law enforcement, but when it became a criminal case about E-Gold, that information was used as evidence the system itself supported these activities.
LR is probably in the same position; I know they have essentially the same market positioning.