{"id":19272,"date":"2024-05-01T13:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/?p=19272"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:38:19","slug":"nyc-woman-sentenced-for-funding-terrorists-with-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/nyc-woman-sentenced-for-funding-terrorists-with-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Woman Sentenced for Funding Terrorists with Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from New York got 18 years of imprisonment for her role in washing away $12,000 in <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/binance-founder-cz-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison\/\">BTC<\/a>) that funded a Syrian terrorist cell.<\/p>\n<p>A jury in the State of New York found 44-year-old Victoria Jacobs, known as Bakhrom Talipov, guilty of funding terrorists via <strong>bitcoins<\/strong> and sentenced her to 18 years in prison. According to the news release from the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office, Jacobs had been \u201cfully immersed in online terrorist ecosystems\u201d and was described as essentially laundering and raising thousands of dollars for the terrorist groups in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFrom the safety of her Manhattan apartment, she enabled these groups to access our city\u2019s financial markets in order to help further their mission.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>District Attorney Alvin Bragg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The jury convicted Jacobs of three felonies\u2014conspiracy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/aml.asp\">money laundering<\/a>, and criminal possession of a firearm\u2014and three counts of providing support for an act of terrorism.\u00a0It was stated in the press release that Jacobs laundered the sum of $12,000 from the supporters across the world with the use of <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> wallets under the control of Malhama Tactical. He sent more than $6,000 to this terrorist group, and the funds were received by cryptocurrency and wire transfers (Western Union and MoneyGram).<\/p>\n<p>As per the news release, Jacobs not only sent cryptos but also furnished a U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook to a web-based group linked to the terrorist organization so that they could use it to make explosives in Syria, and he bought Google Play gift cards for them.\u00a0Moreover, the prosecution produced evidence that Jacobs, pretending to be a \u2018brother\u2019 who worked \u2018behind enemy lines,\u2019 was looking for prayers to have enough courage, strength, and guidance to conduct certain missions on a certain online forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from New York got 18 years of imprisonment for her role in washing away $12,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) that funded a Syrian terrorist cell. 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