US says it has seized 300+ “cryptocurrency accounts”, worth around $2M, four websites, and four Facebook pages used by al-Qaeda, Hamas' military wing, and ISIS
that it claimed were FDA approved— across four Facebook pages to finance the terror group's operations, according to Homeland Security Investigations. 👉The sale of illicit items on Facebook is literally funding terrorism. https://twitter.com/... Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : As if scamming hospitals and essential workers with fake/scam Covid-19 PPE wasn't f*cked up enough, the DoJ says at least one of those facemask-selling scam sites was also funding violent extremism. https://www.wired.com/... @ttp_updates : An investigation found ISIS sold fake COVID masks, falsely claiming they were FDA-approved N95s, across 4 Facebook pages to finance the terror group's operation In March, TTP identified 130+ mask sale pages on Facebook masquerading as medical or approved https://www.techtransparencyproject.org / ... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dirk Schwenk / @dirkschwenk : It turns out crypto is as hysterically worthless as it is easily traceable. Russia just steals it, and the US takes it from criminals by warrant authorized seizure. https://twitter.com/... @nytpolitics : The U.S. government said that it seized about $2 million in Bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrency from accounts that had sent or received funds for three foreign terrorist organizations: Al Qaeda, ISIS and Hamas' paramilitary arm https://www.nytimes.com/... @auroraintel : “The Justice Department today announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, #Hamas's military wing, #alQaeda, and Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (#ISIS).” https://www.justice.gov/... Lachlan Markay / @lachlan : Even ISIS tried to get in on the PPE scam gravy train https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/... Catherine Herridge / @cbs_herridge : Senior DOJ official tells @CBSNews alleged ISIS website sold fake PPE to capitalize on COVID shortages + finance terror. Intent to target hospitals, nursing homes + first responders, “largest seizure of terrorist organizations' cryptocurrency accounts” https://www.justice.gov/...
So @Facebook allows it's platform to be used by terror groups “...initiatives of combatting COVID-19 related fraud with combatting terrorism financing... scheme by Murat Cakar, an ISIS facilitator who is responsible for managing select ISIS hacking operations, to sell fake PPE” h…
ISIS was selling fake COVID masks — that it claimed were FDA approved— across four Facebook pages to finance the terror group's operations, according to Homeland Security Investigations. 👉The sale of illicit items on Facebook is literally funding terrorism. https://twitter.com/..…
As if scamming hospitals and essential workers with fake/scam Covid-19 PPE wasn't f*cked up enough, the DoJ says at least one of those facemask-selling scam sites was also funding violent extremism. https://www.wired.com/...
An investigation found ISIS sold fake COVID masks, falsely claiming they were FDA-approved N95s, across 4 Facebook pages to finance the terror group's operation In March, TTP identified 130+ mask sale pages on Facebook masquerading as medical or approved https://www.techtranspare…
It turns out crypto is as hysterically worthless as it is easily traceable. Russia just steals it, and the US takes it from criminals by warrant authorized seizure. https://twitter.com/...
The U.S. government said that it seized about $2 million in Bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrency from accounts that had sent or received funds for three foreign terrorist organizations: Al Qaeda, ISIS and Hamas' paramilitary arm https://www.nytimes.com/...
“The Justice Department today announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, #Hamas's military wing, #alQaeda, and Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (#ISIS).” https://www.justice.gov/...
Senior DOJ official tells @CBSNews alleged ISIS website sold fake PPE to capitalize on COVID shortages + finance terror. Intent to target hospitals, nursing homes + first responders, “largest seizure of terrorist organizations' cryptocurrency accounts” https://www.justice.gov/...