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New York woman charged with sending $30,000 in crypto to suspected PIJ fighter after FBI traced payments to Gaza

Catherine Beth Washburn, a New York woman, was charged with sending over $30,000 in cryptocurrency to a suspected Palestine Islamic Jihad fighter in Gaza, according to federal prosecutors.

New York woman charged with sending $30,000 in crypto to suspected PIJ fighter after FBI traced payments to Gaza

Catherine Beth Washburn, a New York woman, was charged with sending over $30,000 in cryptocurrency to a suspected Palestine Islamic Jihad fighter in Gaza, according to federal prosecutors.

A New York woman was charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization after the FBI said she sent more than $30,000 in cryptocurrency to a suspected Palestine Islamic Jihad fighter in Gaza who allegedly helped carry out attacks against Israel, according to NBC New York, which first reported the charges.

The defendant, Catherine Beth Washburn, was also a leader of the Direct Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation, known as DAMPL, a group that formed after the October 7…

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