You can also use these forms of value to buy drugs or purchase illicit services. (benmilne.com)
«The anonymity that characterizes the means of production and transfer of the majority of crypto - assets favors above all a risk of them being used to criminal ends (sold on the internet for illicit services or goods) or used to the end of money laundering and the financing of terrorism.» (bitcoinprice.com)
A study of 150 of the most prominent Dark Web message boards, marketplaces, and illicit services reveals that Litecoin is currently the second most widespread cryptocurrency among cyber-criminals, and not Monero or Ethereum, as most users would have guessed. (bleepingcomputer.com)