Like anything, terrorism costs money, but it's not easy for individuals marked as extremists to transfer significant amounts of cash.
Government officials watch for such transactions, forcing extremists to find other ways to send money where they want it to go. For alleged American Islamic State conspirator Mohamed Elshinawy, that meant pretending to sell printers on eBay, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Elshinawy received $8,700 through fake printer sales to buyers in the ISIS orbit, according to an FBI affidavit that was just unsealed. Read more...
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