Aug 14, 2020 13:07:00

The Justice Department seizes over 300 cryptocurrency accounts owned by extremist organizations

The U.S. Department of Justice calls itself the 'Islamic State (IS)' of

the Islamic fundamentalist organization Hamas 's military division, Ezedin al-Kassam Brigade, the Sunni radical organization Al Qaeda , and the Sunni radical organization ISIL (Iraq Levant's). It has revealed that it has seized more than 300 virtual currency accounts, cash, 4 websites and 4 Facebook pages owned by ( Islamic State) and abandoned the 'cyber financing operation'.

Global disruption of three terror finance cyber-enabled campaigns | Internal Revenue Service
https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/global-disruption-of-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns

Feds seize millions in Bitcoin from ISIS, al-Qaeda in'largest ever' bust --Decrypt
https://decrypt.co/38633/feds-seize-millions-bitcoin-isis-al-qaeda-largest-ever-bust

The case was jointly carried out by the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Washington State Prosecutor's Office, and the National Security Department.

The Al Qassam Brigade was calling for Bitcoin donations to fund the implementation of terrorism. The investigative team seized all 150 cryptocurrency accounts that were laundering money with the brigade's account. In addition, we obtained an investigation warrant for the American residents who made a donation and conducted an investigation.

Al Qaeda pretended to be a 'charity' and used social platforms such as the instant messenger app Telegram to perform money laundering. Undercover investigators approached the manager of the charity Reminder for Syria and heard that the goal was to raise money to buy surface-to-air missiles and ultimately to 'destroy the United States.' ..

ISIL took advantage of the Corona sword and sold unapproved masks under the name of FDA-approved N95 masks. In addition, it should not be so easy to prepare a large amount of N95 masks, but he said that he said that 'the supply amount is unlimited'.

All or part of the funds confiscated in this move may be used for the State Sponsor of Terrorism Victims Fund after the case is resolved.

This case was clarified by a confiscation complaint and a criminal complaint published in the District of Columbia, and is merely an 'claim' by the Department of Justice, etc. It is said that it will be.