Queens man among four nabbed for providing cryptocurrency to ISIS

December 14, 2022   

(NY Daily News) A Queens man and co-conspirators from New Jersey, Canada and Virginia were nabbed for transferring over $35,000 to support ISIS, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Wednesday.

Abdullah At Taqi, 23, of East Elmhurst, along with Seema Rahman, 25, of Edison, N.J., and Mohammad David Hashimi, 35, of Potomac Falls were arrested in their respective home states on Wednesday morning. They were charged with conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization.

The fourth defendant, [Khalilullah] Yousuf, 34, of Ontario, Canada, was arrested by Canadian law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

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