Virginia Man Sentenced to 364 Months for Sending $185,000 in Crypto to Female ISIS Members

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Published May 9, 2025, 08:52 PM

Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, a 35-year-old man from Springfield, Virginia, has been sentenced to 364 months in prison for his role in a crypto-terror financing scheme. Chhipa collected and sent over $185,000 in cryptocurrency to female ISIS members in Syria, aiming to finance their escapes from detention camps and support ISIS fighters. The U.S. Department of Justice highlighted that Chhipa's activities spanned from October 2019 to October 2022. He used various social media platforms to raise funds, receiving electronic transfers and traveling hundreds of miles to collect funds by hand. Chhipa then converted the money into cryptocurrency and routed it through Turkey, where it was smuggled to reach ISIS members in Syria. Attorney General Pamela Bondi emphasized the severity of Chhipa's actions, stating that he directly financed ISIS in its efforts to commit terrorist atrocities. FBI Director Kash Patel noted that this sentencing sends a strong message against funding terrorism.

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🔴 A citizen of Sprinfield is sentenced to 30 years in prison after collaborating with the Islamic State with cryptocurrency. He transferred 185,000 dollars so that women in the gang could escape from prison camps in Syria https://t.co/z7mKl02Dbk

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