Where to Sell CVV With Crypto Payment: Legal Status

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What is ONYX GiftCards?

Onyx Gift Cards is a Grenadian company designed to introduce, market and manage gift cards systems in Grenada for retailers and corporations. We are enthusiastic about the effect and influence we will have on the local market. We intend to expand our systems regionally with a range of product offerings and services.

What is a Gift Card?

Gift cards are the preferred way of giving and receiving gifts. They carry a monetary value that can be redeemed for gifts at your favorite store.
Onyx GiftCards are “Open Gift Cards” which means that they can be redeemed at multiple merchant locations. They are standard credit card size, can fit into the average wallet and made of PVC plastic. Onyx GiftCards are Barcoded for security and safety for the consumer and bear a disclaimer at the back.
Onyx Giftcards can be bought with a branded Card backer which is black in colour and is designed to fit the card. There is an area to write a brief message to the recipient as well.

How it Works?

  • Buy an Onyx Gift Card at these local stores
  • Give your gift card to friends, family, co-workers, etc.
  • The recipient can shop at our select merchants nationwide
  • Your friends, family, co-workers, etc. will present their gift card at checkout to pay for your item(s)
  • They will walk away happy with the best gift ever...the gift of Choice

Why ONYX GiftCards?

  • Save TIME. No need to run around looking for the perfect gift
  • Redeem from a variety of business island-wide. We will continue adding businesses as fast as ONYX grows.
  • ONYX Gift Cards do not expire
  • Cards are valued at convinient amounts to meet every need and occasion

Short answer

There is no legal place to sell CVV data. A CVV is part of a payment card. Selling card data that belongs to another person is access device fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1029. In the United States this is a federal crime. Accepting crypto does not change that status. It adds a public record of the transaction.

Why crypto payment does not hide the sale

Major blockchains write every transfer to a public ledger. Chain analysis firms map wallet addresses to exchange accounts. Exchanges that convert crypto to cash hold identity records under federal know-your-customer rules. Investigators subpoena those records. Prosecutors have used ledger data in carding cases for years.

What the statute covers

18 U.S.C. 1029 covers trafficking in counterfeit and unauthorized access devices. A card number with its CVV qualifies. A first offense carries up to 10 years. Certain aggravated counts carry up to 15 years. Individual fines reach $250,000. When the conduct also involves identity theft, 18 U.S.C. 1028A adds a mandatory 2-year term on top of the underlying sentence.

Enforcement record

The US Secret Service investigates payment card fraud. The FBI runs carding marketplace takedowns. Past operations have produced indictments against sellers, buyers, and forum operators. Some defendants were extradited from other countries. No escrow service or forum has operated outside US jurisdiction.

If you hold card data through a business

Merchant processing agreements prohibit resale of cardholder data. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard contracts bar storage of CVV after authorization. Storing CVV post-authorization is itself a contract violation, separate from criminal law.

If your own card data was taken

Report the theft to the card issuer and to the FTC at IdentityTheft.gov. The FTC collects these reports and shares them with law enforcement. Card issuers issue replacement numbers at no cost.

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