"Abdullah At Taqi, 26, was found guilty on all three counts of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Mohammad David Hashimi with conspiring and attempting to provide support to the designated foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to launder money. The defendants collectively sent thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency and wire transfers to a self-proclaimed ISIS member. "The defendants used Bitcoin. PayPal and GoFundMe to fund ISIS's deadly mission," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said."
"As proven at trial, At Taqi sent 15 separate Bitcoin transactions to Osama Obieda, also known as Osama Abu Obayda, a self-proclaimed ISIS member, over the course of nearly a year, in conversations with an online confidential source, At Taqi stated that he used cryptocurrency to send money "unnoticed" through a "brother," meaning an ISIS supporter whom he spoke to on an encrypted communications platform. Taqi confirmed that the "brother" was "from Dawlah," referring to ISIS."
Abdullah At Taqi was convicted on all three counts charging conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to ISIS and conspiracy to launder money. He and co-defendant Mohammad David Hashimi sent thousands of dollars via cryptocurrency, wire transfers, PayPal, and GoFundMe to a self‑proclaimed ISIS member. At Taqi sent 15 separate Bitcoin transactions to Osama Obieda over nearly a year and told a confidential source he used cryptocurrency to send money "unnoticed" through a "brother" who was "from Dawlah." Obeida provided a photograph of an ISIS flag and weapons to demonstrate that donations funded weapons purchases. Law enforcement emphasized efforts to disrupt the funding pipeline.
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