- Israeli police have frozen cryptocurrency accounts on Binance connected to the Hamas group.
- The terrorist group used the accounts to accept donations in a fund-raising campaign.
- The CFTC alleged in its March lawsuit that Binance knowingly processed transactions for the terrorist organization.
As war breaks out between Israel and Palestine, Israeli police cyber unit Lahav 433 has taken action to freeze several cryptocurrency accounts associated with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Terrorist Accounts Suspension
According to a local report, Israeli authorities collaborated with the National Headquarters for Economic Combating Terrorism (MTL), Shin Bet, and various intelligence agencies to identify the financial infrastructures allegedly used by the Hamas terrorist organization for fundraising.
Authorities suspended Binance accounts suspected of being used to accept donations as part of a fundraising campaign launched on social media networks.
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The report revealed that the frozen assets would be transferred to the Israeli state treasury, and the countyās defense forces would continue to partner in āfighting the financing of terrorism and damage to the strategic financial assets of the terrorist organizations.”
Israeli authorities previously seized 190 Hamas-linked accounts on Binance in 2021, placing the exchange under scrutiny for alleged involvement in money laundering.
Concerns over Binanceās Role In Terrorist Transactions
A lawsuit filed against Binance by the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in April revealed that the exchange received information on transactions by terrorist organizations on its platform, including Hamas.
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The CTFC stated that, āBinance compliance officer Samuel Lim explained to a colleague, āafter receiving information regarding HAMAS transactionsā that āterrorists usually send āsmall sumsā as ālarge sums constitute money laundering.ā Limās colleague replied: ācan barely buy an AK47 with 600 bucks.ā
The exchange vehemently denied the commissionsā allegations and filed a countermotion to dismiss the lawsuit.
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