Victoria Jacobs, a Manhattan woman, has been convicted on all counts at New York State's first terrorism financing trial. Jacobs was found guilty of using cryptocurrency to provide financial support to violent terrorist groups operating in Syria. The support provided was to a military contractor that has been likened to 'the Blackwater of jihad.' Jacobs is set for sentencing on April 3 and faces up to 25 years in prison.
A New York City woman could spend up to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of funding terrorist groups using cryptocurrency to evade detection. https://t.co/YCuiNOgrVH
Manhattan Woman Convicted of Using Crypto to Fund Terror Groups in Syria, provided support to a military contractor that has been called “the Blackwater of jihad.” #terrorism https://t.co/gUL4Phdtbk
New York Times: "Manhattan Woman Convicted of Using Crypto to Fund Terror Groups in Syria" https://t.co/BsOnIbL0ym
Now Manhattan DA Braggs "Victoria Jacobs was just convicted on all counts at NYS' first terrorism financing trial. As convicted, she used cryptocurrency to provide financial support to violent terrorist groups operating in Syria - Sentencing set for April 3 https://t.co/BeE6bW1D4c
Spanish police say crypto’s complicated following ‘crypto-jihadist’ arrest https://t.co/KS5d8N4Y72