Prosecutors Allege N.Y. Woman Used Bitcoin To Launder Money For ISIS

December 18 2017

USA

A Long Island woman has been indicted in a New York court for using Bitcoin to fund terrorists in Syria, according to the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

The five-count indictment was unsealed on Dec. 14 in federal court in Central Islip, New York.

Bitcoin is a form of digital currency – created and held electronically.

Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, is accused of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and three substantive counts of...

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