A resident of Brentwood, long island, arrested for fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. 27-year-old Zubia Shahnaz originally from Pakistan gave the terrorists of ISIS $150 thousand in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Them $ 85 thousand she took a loan of 17 American banks.
By Scam, the woman had planned to permanently leave the territory of the United States, but the plan failed, the authorities intercepted her at the airport.
At the preliminary court hearing, which took place on Thursday in Central Islip, swindler pleaded not guilty. Her lawyer argues that the defendant collected money for victims of the war in Syria. But investigators have a different opinion.
According to the Ministry of justice, from March 2017, the Respondent issued on his name 16 credit cards and took a loan in the amount of $22 500 to buy cryptocurrency. Electronic money she put two accounts, and then transferred to different people in Pakistan, Turkey and China. According to investigators, this was a complex scheme designed to conduct anonymous transactions, hiding the source and destination of illegally obtained money.
In parallel with the transfer of money Shahnaz actively interested in the propaganda videos of ISIS, the entry of women into the ranks of the terrorist organization, topics of flights to Turkey and withdraw money abroad, as well as maps of areas under control of ISIS. Relevant queries in search engines were sent from her IP address.
As soon as the failed suicide bomber has carried out all the planned transaction, she booked a ticket for a flight new York- Islamabad, Pakistan. Next, she planned to move to Istanbul, which the Ministry of justice referred to a familiar destination for new recruits of ISIS from Western countries.
September 4, Shahnaz was going on a trip, however in the airport of a name of John Kennedy, she was detained by FBI agents.
If the fault of the ill-minded woman is proved, she will have to stay in correctional institutions, the US is still not 30 years.
