U.S. Justice Department Dismantles 3 Terrorist Financing Cyber-Enabled Campaigns

On August 13, 2020, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Three forfeiture complaints set forth the coordinated operation and a criminal complaint, which was unsealed on August 13 in the District of Columbia. The actions represent the government’s largest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency in the terrorism context.[1]