Teenager in Virginia Helped ISIS Use Bitcoin
A teenager in Virginia pled guilty to charges of helping ISIS use bitcoin to fund its operations. The tech-savvy teenager admitted to using social media under the handle @Amreekiwitness to provide the terror group with instructions on how to use the cryptocurrency. Ali Shukri Amin, 17, also offered guidance to Isis supporters seeking to travel to ISIS supporters looking to travel to Syria to fight with the radical Islamist group. This crime is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, according to the U. S. Justice Department. Bitcoin and ISIS. ISIS has been drawn to the use of bitcoin to....
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The trend of Bitcoin and ISIS being related in the same story continues as Ali Shukri Amin, a high school student from Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday for, among other things, teaching ISIS supporters how to use the popular crypto-currency Bitcoin. Ali Shukri Amin of Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to providing material support to ISIS. He faces up to 15 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced August 28. Accused of helping 18-year-old Reza Niknejad, who US officials believe to have joined ISIS, the 17-year-old Amin was accused of relaying messages....
A teenager who allegedly gave ISIL supporters advice on bitcoin has plead guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the terrorist group. 17-year-old Ali Shukri Amin, from Woodbridge, Virginia, worked as a writer for digital currency news site CoinBrief. He is accused of offering guidance to ISIL (or ISIS) supporters wanting to travel to Syria via Twitter, facing a maximum of 15 years in prison. Assistant attorney general John P Carlin said in a statement:
The United States Department of Justice stated in a press release that Ali Shukri Amin, 17, of Manassas, Virginia, has been sentenced to 136 months in prison. Authorities arrested Amin in early 2015 for offering online advice on how to use Bitcoin to fund ISIS, as well as conspiring to provide material support and resources to the international terrorist organization. In addition to his 136-month prison sentence, Amin will have a lifetime supervised release, including monitored internet activity. The Department of Justice report reveals that Amin, who plead guilty on June 11, 2015, and....
It has to be said, hacking a US company to create a hit list of military and government personnel is a serious crime. This goes to show both the hacker and ISIS had an intent to do serious harm which would result in the deaths of up to 1,300 individuals. Helping terrorists in any way or capacity is not the best idea these days. One hacker who allegedly helped ISIS has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Ardit Ferizi hacked a US company to collect information about government and military personnel. With this information, ISIS put together a hit list of high-value targets that needed to....
A pro Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) blog has released a post detailing the potential Bitcoin provides for terrorist funding. I want to emphasize that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has not proposed using Bitcoin to fund global jihadist efforts. The majority of ISIS members, the majority of Muslims, and the majority of human beings on the planet Earth have not even yet formed their first cohesive thoughts on Bitcoin. Many reports that claim that the pro-Bitcoin announcement came directly from ISIS itself have been circulating and causing fear, uncertainty, and doubt.....