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posted by cmn32480 on Monday August 14 2017, @11:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the never-received-their-merchandise dept.

Islamic State allegedly used PayPal and fake eBay transactions to channel money to an operative in the US, The Wall Street Journal reports. The man who allegedly received the money was American citizen Mohamed Elshinawy, who was arrested last year in Maryland. The FBI claims that Elshinawy, in his early 30s, sold computer printers on eBay as a front in order to receive the payments through PayPal.

The details have come to light because of a recently unsealed FBI affidavit, which alleges Elshinawy was part of a worldwide network that used such channels to fund ISIS. Elshinawy received $8,700 from ISIS, including five PayPal payments from senior ISIS official Siful Sujan through his technology company. Those funds were used to buy a laptop, a cellphone, and a VPN to communicate with IS, according to the affidavit. Sujan was killed in a drone strike in 2015.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/11/16130154/islamic-state-ebay-paypal-money-us


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 14 2017, @01:57PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 14 2017, @01:57PM (#553654)

    Oh, and sir, here's that truckload of ammonium nitrate you ordered. And that's a nice AR-15 you have.

    Oh, and sir, here's that truckload of ammonium nitrate you ordered. And that's a nice bible, american flag, rebel flag, budweiser, football paraphernalia, backwards ball cap, sports shades, sleeveless t shirt, shorts, goatee or other stupid looking facial hair, lack of education, diesel pickup with 12 inch lift, giant tires, truck nuts, rebel flag with coal roll mods, tiny cock, and AR-15 you have. FTFY

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 14 2017, @02:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 14 2017, @02:03PM (#553661)

    Nice. You missed out the #MAGA T-Shirt though.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 14 2017, @04:59PM (1 child)

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday August 14 2017, @04:59PM (#553759)

      The T-shirt is hidden by the long white robe. I'm not sure why the baseball cap was listed, considering it doesn't fit under the pointy hood.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 15 2017, @06:13AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 15 2017, @06:13AM (#554117)

        Obviously, the baseball cap was on the pointy hood.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday August 14 2017, @02:31PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday August 14 2017, @02:31PM (#553678)

    I wasn't going there, but yes, anybody who doesn't think white rednecks can't be terrorists obviously know nothing about Timothy McVeigh.

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    • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Monday August 14 2017, @04:48PM (1 child)

      by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Monday August 14 2017, @04:48PM (#553748)
      If you haven't already seen it I would recommend you watch "A Noble Lie" [imdb.com]. It has some interesting information about McVeigh's motives and probable backers.
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      • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday August 14 2017, @05:14PM

        by Thexalon (636) on Monday August 14 2017, @05:14PM (#553766)

        My primary source of thinking on McVeigh comes from Gore Vidal [vanityfair.com], who wrote back and forth with McVeigh regularly while McVeigh was on death row and apparently became close enough that he was present at McVeigh's execution.

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        The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.