[teye]

Shadowcrew was an awesome place. You could get pretty much anything there. The marketplace was built on reputation -- you'd send a new offering to the senior members, who'd review you.

The coolest guy there was MacGyver. He knew everything about everything. You'd ask for feedback on the new SSN cards you were selling and he'd casually drop that the SSA used band printers back when your card would have been issued, so there should be little marks here or there.

From what I could tell, he never profited from any activity there, but being a senior member and receiving goods for review, receiving credit card blanks and numbers was enough to put him away. By the time it occurred to me I could send him a letter in prison, he was already out.

Sure, he was indirectly contributing to illegal activity, but to a kid looking for fake ID info, he was a god.