US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State, police say
A New York woman has been accused of laundering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wiring the money to help the so-called Islamic State. Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, was charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering and is being held without bail.
Ms Shahnaz was born in Pakistan and worked as a lab technician in the US. Prosecutors say she took out fraudulent loans of $85,000 (£63,000) in order to buy the bitcoin online.
From the DoJ press release:
"Syria is a perilous and violent war-torn country, but the subject in this investigation was allegedly so determined to assist ISIS that she planned a covert, illegal entry into Syria," stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney. "On top of which, she allegedly tried to launder virtual currency to bolster terrorists' dwindling financial support. The FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force kept this woman from her dangerous and potentially deadly goal. We will do all we can to stop the next person hoping to do the same. We want to thank our law enforcement partners Suffolk County Police Department, with whom we worked this case side-by-side."
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @09:46PM (3 children)
We simply can't make a dent in the problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE [youtube.com]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 15 2017, @11:06PM
But, but, but - DAS RACISSSSSS!! Isn't it?
Everybody in the world fucks to much, except Euros and Americans, doesn't that give all them fuckers some kinda right to come here and take what we have? Well, doesn't it? Shouldn't we just roll over, and allow everyone to take our jobs, our homes, our wimminz, and whatever else they want?
From my point of view, if we don't have the balls to stand up and say "NO", then we deserve whatever we get. I've said before, when we find an illegal alien, we should sterilize him/her, and send that alien back where it came from.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 15 2017, @11:09PM
Don't forget part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFPKNdYFkE [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday December 16 2017, @02:26AM