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Toronto man gets 12-year sentence for using bitcoin, GoFundMe to raise money for ISIS
A Toronto man who financed ISIS using bitcoin, pandemic relief payments and money raised from bogus GoFundMe campaigns was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday. The acts committed by Khalilullah Yousuf, 37, that occurred between 2019 and 2022, are “exceptionally troubling,” Ontario Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly said. Yousuf pleaded guilty to financing terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist group. Although he did not plead guilty to a third offence, facts heard in court demonstrated that he facilitated terrorist activity, Kelly said. Court was told Yousuf redirected more than $35,000 ... (full story)
