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6, as jury selection was scheduled to begin, Hashimi pleaded guilty to all counts of the indictment.“An exceptional team uncovered the defendants’ use of electronic currency to bankroll an abhorrent organization that harbors deep-seated animosity toward America,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Hashimi contributed $364 and At Taqi contributed $200 through the Yousuf-created GoFundMe campaigns, while Rahman raised approximately $10,000 through the GoFundMe campaigns that she created, and then wired the proceeds, approximately $10,024, to individuals connected to Obeida via Western Union.At sentencing, each defendant carries a maximum potential penalty of
60 years in prison.Rahman pleaded guilty in January 2025 to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and is awaiting sentencing. announcement Two Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS Friday, October 24, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Defendants Used Bitcoin, PayPal, and GoFundMe to Collectively Transfer Thousands of Dollars to ISIS, Which Were Disguised in Part as Charitable Giving Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Abdullah At Taqi, 26, of Queens, was convicted by a
jury on all counts of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Mohamad David Hashimi with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and conspiring to launder money. Sise for the Eastern District of New York are in charge of the prosecution, with assistance from Trial Attorney Alicia Cook of the Justice Department’s Counterterrorism Section and Paralegal Specialist Magdalena St. This conviction reflects the Department’s commitment to holding accountable those who knowingly finance terrorism.”“The defendants used Bitcoin, PayPal and GoFundMe to fund ISIS’s deadly