{"id":23816,"date":"2025-05-09T12:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/virginia-man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-crypto-transfers-to-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:11:24","slug":"virginia-man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-crypto-transfers-to-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/virginia-man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-crypto-transfers-to-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Crypto Transfers to Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old resident of Virginia, will spend 30 years and four months in prison for transferring $185,000 in cryptocurrency to the terrorist group <span data-descr=\"recognized as a terrorist organization in several countries\" class=\"old_tooltip\">ISIS<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/man-sentenced-over-30-years-prison-crypto-terror-financing-scheme\">reported<\/a> the US Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-09-113447.webp\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-09-113447\" class=\"wp-image-258356\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trmlabs.com\/resources\/blog\/virginia-man-convicted-for-crypto-financing-scheme-to-isis\">TRM<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From 2019 to 2022, Chhipa raised funds through social media and personal meetings, converted them into cryptocurrency, and transferred them through Turkey to Syria. The money aided ISIS members in escaping camps and financing operations.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024, a court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/virginia-man-convicted-crypto-financing-scheme-isis\">found<\/a> him guilty on five counts, including conspiracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cHe directly supported ISIS atrocities,\u201d stated Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the investigation by the <span data-descr=\"Federal Bureau of Investigation\" class=\"old_tooltip\">FBI<\/span>, Chhipa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/67423082\/13\/united-states-v-chhipa\/\">attempted to flee<\/a>: he withdrew $1800, bought bus tickets under fake names, flew to Mexico, and then to Guatemala. His plan to reach Egypt via Panama and Germany failed after Interpol&#8217;s intervention, leading to his deportation to the US.<\/p>\n<p>To verify operational data, the Bureau used blockchain transaction analysis, linking Chhipa&#8217;s transfers to fundraising campaigns for terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Undercover agents and confidential informants confirmed these findings through recorded conversations, in which the man openly declared his ideological commitment to ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors emphasized that his attempt to escape increased the severity of the sentence. Chhipa will be released only at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, the US Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-seizes-cryptocurrency-intended-for-hamas-worth-200000\">disrupted<\/a> a financing scheme for the terrorist group <span data-descr=\"recognized as a terrorist organization in several countries\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Hamas<\/span>, seizing approximately $201,400 in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old resident of Virginia, will spend 30 years and four months in prison for transferring $185,000 in cryptocurrency to the terrorist group ISIS, reported the US Department of Justice. Source: TRM. From 2019 to 2022, Chhipa raised funds through social media and personal meetings, converted them into cryptocurrency, and transferred them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,61,26],"class_list":["post-23816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-terrorism","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}