Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Bitcoin to ISIS, Receives Nine-Year Sentence

TLDR Jibreel Pratt sentenced to nine years for Bitcoin donations intended for ISIS. Pratt used VPN and encryption to mask Bitcoin transactions for terrorist funding. Pratt sent Bitcoin payments to a federal informant posing as an ISIS operative. The Justice Department intensifies efforts to disrupt crypto financing of terrorism. Pratt provided operational documents detailing strategies [...]

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