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The money reportedly supported operations including prison breaks and logistical support for militant activities.<\/p>\n<p>The jury convicted Chhipa on multiple counts, including conspiring to support a foreign terrorist group. 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While lawmakers continue to press for tighter controls\u2014especially those critical of crypto\u2019s role in illicit finance\u2014industry data from Chainalysis suggests that illegal activity accounts for under 1% of total crypto transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A U.S. court has handed down a 30-year prison sentence to Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, who was found guilty of financing terrorism through cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocrime"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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