I'm no lawyer but is this even a criminal conspiracy? I thought the 1A covered third party distribution of most stolen secret government information. The media does it and profits and apparently legally.
FWIW I think a bigger reason for lack of card payments would be the chargeback rates.
Anyway, the forum it's hosted on is, I'd guess, used by people for all sorts of less legal things, and they probably do not welcome this visibility and interest.