EXHIBIT 8.1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors
American Card Technology, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of American Card Technology, Inc.
(a development stage company) as of December 31, 1997, and the related
statements of operations and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1996
and 1997 and the statements of stockholders' deficit for each of the years
(period) from June 21, 1994 (inception) to December 31, 1997. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of American Card Technology, Inc.
as of December 31, 1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997 in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company
will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial
statements, the Company's dependence on outside financing, lack of existing
commitments from lenders to provide necessary financing, lack of sufficient
working capital, and losses since inception raise substantial doubt about the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans concerning
these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


BDO Seidman, LLP


New York, New York
March 10, 1998









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