Man sent cryptocurrency to Islamic State group

(BBC) A man has been jailed for sending more than £16,000 worth of cryptocurrency to an Islamic State (IS) group.

Amin Rahman, 24, from Luton, had admitted funding the Afghanistan-based IS franchise ISKP — Islamic State Khorasan Province — between last December and February.

The married father-of-one was jailed at the Old Bailey for three years and two months, with a further year on extended licence.

Judge Nigel Lickley KC noted the defendant’s remorse but said his donations went towards “activities endangering life.”

The court heard how ISKP had focused on orchestrating “sporadic high-impact attacks” in Europe, the United States and central Asia.

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