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What? Aren't stolen high art pieces used as their own currency in the dark web for "priceless" services. I was told that criminals use stolen art for payment an
by gnulinux 3y ago
What? Aren't stolen high art pieces used as their own currency in the dark web for "priceless" services. I was told that criminals use stolen art for payment and it just goes around one criminal to another. Is this just an urban legend, is it inaccurate?
- patmorgan23 3y agoIf someone steals the Mona Lisa, who are they going to sell it to get cash? Why would someone accept a stolen Mona Lisa as payment? How are they going to reliably turn it into cash?
- gnulinux 3y agoI think you misunderstood what I said? They don't turn it into cash, they use it as payment for "priceless" services. Say, you pay someone "Mona Lisa" for an assassination, and they take it, then they themselves use it to hack into some high profile person or Nation State actor etc... So, ultimately these art pieces are just their own currency, they're never turned into cash until they're busted. They go from one criminal to the other for special services. I have no idea if this is accurate in reality but I read this in some sources (blog posts), so just wanted to share.