GoFundMe banned me in 2018 for the crime of opposing jihad mass murder and Sharia oppression of women. But Khalilullah Yousef had no problem raising money for ISIS on GoFundMe. Of course.
“Canadian charged with trying to raise bitcoin for Islamic State,” by Colin Freeze, Globe and Mail, December 15, 2022:
U.S. authorities have charged a Toronto man they say used bitcoin cryptocurrency and set up GoFundMe accounts to try to raise more than US$20,000 for the Islamic State terrorist group.
A U.S. criminal complaint unsealed in New York describes Khalilullah Yousef as a 34-year-old Canadian citizen and one of four members of an alleged terrorist fundraising conspiracy.
Mr. Yousef was arrested by police in Canada this week and now faces a U.S. extradition bid. The other three suspects are Americans citizens arrested in the eastern United States and are in their 20s or 30s.
All are facing charges that they conspired to provide material support for the Islamic State (IS). U.S. authorities say detectives unfurled the plot by using a confidential informant to spy on an encrypted group chat.
In that discussion, which began in early 2021, participants are alleged to have talked about raising funds to support the terrorist group – including by launching crowdfunding sites in the name of charitable causes.
But the ultimate intent was to help IS buy bullets and ammunition, according to a sworn statement from U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Melissa Garcia.
In court documents, she states that more than US$25,000 in total cryptocurrency funds were routed from the conspirators to an unnamed Islamic State facilitator who claimed to be part of the group’s “central media organization.”
The FBI says that the lion’s share of donated cryptocurrency funds came from the Canadian suspect. He is accused of sending the equivalent of US$20,348 in bitcoin in 26 transactions between February, 2021 and July, 2022.
It is not clear how Mr. Yousef acquired the money. The criminal complaint says he created several GoFundMe pages where he urged donors to give money under pretexts, including to “help raise funds for some needy families for Eid.”…
GoFundMe said in an e-mail that it is in full compliance with all applicable rules and regulations: “While we do not comment on pending legal investigations, GoFundMe’s Terms of Service explicitly prohibit activities that support terrorism, and it is our policy to co-operate with formal law enforcement requests,” said spokesman Jalen Drummond.
cardbank16 says
Find a Western charity and a Muslim will appear to rip it off.
I AM THE INFIDEL YOUR IMAM WARNED YOU ABOUT says
I was expecting Justin and his Liar-beral government to come forward and say something about this. Just as I thought ……..NOTHING…. and it’s because his gang of misfits are mostly muslims and he loves to lick their balls
John ..Smith says
We certainly are living in an upside down back to front world. Robert Spencer, Tommy Robinson and many other opponents of jihad violence get their gofundme accounts blocked. Yet it takes the FBI and the Canadian police to close down Mr Yousef’s account, and there is no guarantee that it has been closed.
How many other jihad financiers are operating on gofundme. Many I suspect.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Just boycott GoFuckMe, and go w/ GiveSendGo. We saw what the former did last year w/ the Canadian truckers, and also in 2020, they obstructed the fundraising of an army vet who was arrested for defending a friend’s business from BLM rioters in Omaha. Don’t make the mistake in the first place, and once we have a proper government, open up racketeering charges against GoFuckMe
John ..Smith says
GoFuckMe absolutely brilliant.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
My apologies for the profanity, even though it’s warranted!
John ..Smith says
No need for apologies its appropriate
Major Tom says
Select tax exempt foundations are a licence to launder………
Alkflaeda says
It should be possible to trace the donors and charge them as well – indeed, why not set up a police “sting” on GoFundMe and flush as many out of the woodwork as possible?