Toronto man pleads guilty to 2 charges in connection with Canada's ‘largest terrorism financing scheme'
A 36-year-old man has plead guilty to two charges in connection with Canada's 'largest terrorism financing scheme' in history, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Toronto resident Khalilullah Yousuf plead guilty to financing terrorist acts overseas by sending cryptocurrency and money transfers from September 2019 to December 2022.
He admitted to raising $15,000 through GoFundMe, and contributed $35,000 to several people in connection with Daesh, which the RCMP says is a listed terrorist organization.
'This is the largest terrorism financing conviction to date in Canada in terms of monetary value. This conviction is also the first successful terrorism financing conviction in Canada where the accused used crypto currency and the first where they used online crowdfunding,' the RCMP said in a release on Thursday.
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