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
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 14 2017, @02:03PM (2 children)
Nice. You missed out the #MAGA T-Shirt though.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 14 2017, @04:59PM (1 child)
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
Obviously, the baseball cap was on the pointy hood.