TOPSHOT - A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists, on March 1, 2017, in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul. Iraqi forces launched a major push on February 19 to recapture the west of Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking the airport and then advancing north. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Mohammad David Hashimi, 35, of Potomac Falls, Va.; Abdullah At Taqi, 23, of East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y.; Khalilullah Yousuf, 34, of Ontario, Canada; and Seema Rahman, 25, of Edison, N.J., were charged in federal court with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS.
  • The defendants allegedly collected and transferred approximately $35,000 through cryptocurrency and other electronic means to bitcoin wallets and accounts they believed to be funding ISIS.
  • Each defendant is being charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum statutory penalty of up to 20 years in prison. 
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