Israeli authorities confiscate cryptocurrency $840 000 from wallets associated with the Hamas movement exchange – Bits Media

Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz signs the confiscation order cryptocurrencies worth approx. $840 000 from al-Mathaddon exchange wallets, associated with the Hamas movement.

In the last week 2021 Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz (Benjamin Gantz) approved an order for the confiscation of cryptocurrency in the amount of 2.6 million shekels (about $836 467) at the al-Mathaddon exchange, belonging to the Malakh family and associated with the terrorist movement Hamas.

The security service clarified, что компания пыталась отправить средства ХАМАС после убийства Хамеда Ахмеда Худари (Hamed Ahmed Khudari), который обвинялся в финансировании терроризма. Ганц заявил, that the fight against the use of cryptocurrencies to finance terrorism is only gaining momentum.

“We will continue to pursue terrorist funds. Hitting Hamas and the terrorist organization's ability to circumvent traditional funding routes through cryptocurrency is an important tool in the evolving security landscape.", – сказал Ганц.

За последние несколько месяцев это уже второй случай конфискации криптовалюты у биржи al-Mathaddon на основании приказа министра обороны Израиля. For the first time during a special operation, Israeli law enforcement agencies confiscated cryptocurrency for 150 trading platform wallets.

IN 2020 The Institute for International Counterterrorism Policy reported, that Islamic terrorists receive funding in bitcoins, and in July 2021 Gantz signed a confiscation order 84 cryptocurrency wallets, associated with the terrorist movement Hamas.

Recall, what in 2019 году военное крыло исламистского движения ХАМАС под названием «Изз ад-Дин аль-Кассам» перешло на прием пожертвований в биткоинах в связи с банковской изоляцией группировки.