The Justice Department disrupted Hamas fundraising and recruitment platforms, seizing websites, servers, and cryptocurrency addresses controlled by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
By: Jerusalem Post Staff – jpost.com
Court-authorized seizures have allowed the FBI to confiscate $560,000 in cryptocurrency and take control of domains and servers used by Hamas to raise money and recruit supporters, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced.
Hamas – a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization – has been raising funds for terrorist operations and recruiting supporters, US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said, adding, “A message to Hamas: We will stop your fundraising for terror.
“Your networks are not secure, your crypto is vulnerable, and we will not stop until your ability to wage war is defeated.”
As well as seizing the cryptocurrency donations, the DoJ disrupted Hamas’ fundraising and recruitment communication platforms and websites. The terror group had originally controlled the seized infrastructure and cryptocurrency addresses on behalf of its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades.
This seizure was carried out by the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office, collaborating with human sources to identify and seize domains and servers of the Al-Qassam Brigades that controlled its main website, alqassam.ps.
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