{"id":2611248,"date":"2026-06-05T18:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-us-nationals-arrested-on-charges-of-alleged-crypto-scheme-to-finance-isis\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T22:35:59","slug":"three-us-nationals-arrested-on-charges-of-alleged-crypto-scheme-to-finance-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-us-nationals-arrested-on-charges-of-alleged-crypto-scheme-to-finance-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"Three US nationals arrested on charges of alleged crypto scheme to finance ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-us-nationals-arrested-on-charges-of-alleged-crypto-scheme-to-finance-isis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Department of Justice says the FBI has arrested three American men-Bisaam Ghafoor of Kansas, Elias Shamsaldeen of California, and Bereen Dzayee of California-on charges that they conspired to support ISIS. Prosecutors allege they planned a cryptocurrency scheme to raise money for weapons such as RPGs and drones intended to help fund attacks on U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-solider-facing-40-years-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-treasonous-plot-to-kill-americans\/\" title=\"US soldier pleads guilty to treasonous plot, faces 40 years in prison for planning to kill Americans.\">service members abroad<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the men expressed willingness to die for ISIS and made donations totaling over $2,000 to someone they believed was connected to the terrorist group. The DOJ release also cites threatening or violent messaging among the defendants,including statements about harming Americans and specific intent to injure U.S.servicemembers.<\/p>\n<p>The case was investigated by FBI joint terrorism taskforces operating out of Kansas City, San Diego, and Sacramento, with additional FBI support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">Department of Justice<\/a> announced that three U.S. citizens were arrested on charges of allegedly plotting to finance <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ISIS\/\">ISIS<\/a>\u2018s terrorist operations against U.S. service members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/three-arrested-kansas-and-california-charged-plot-support-isis\">arrested<\/a> early Friday by the FBI over an alleged plan to hatch a cryptocurrency scheme to buy RPGs and drones for the purpose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-tied-charities-under-congressional-investigation-following-terror-attacks-in-israel\/\" title=\"Hamas-tied charities under congressional investigation following terror attacks in Israel\">financially supporting terrorism<\/a>. All three men allegedly expressed a willingness to die for the ISIS cause and collectively donated over $2,000 to a person they believed to be a member of ISIS. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4596127\/new-jersey-cop-theft-ap-camera-delaney-hall\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Jersey charges officer in theft of AP journalist\u2019s camera bag at Delaney Hall protest<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4594891\/starmer-meet-family-henry-nowak-blame-musk\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Starmer to meet with family of Henry Nowak after blaming Musk for unrest<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4594243\/ohio-somali-fraud-house-oversight\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ohio has its own Somali fraud problem, House oversight says<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaint details various <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >disturbing messaging exchanges<\/a>, with Ghafoor saying it would be \u201csick\u201d if his name could be written on the drone used in an attack on Americans, while Shamsaldeen \u201cexpressed a desire to stab and injure a U.S. servicemember.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans,\u201d said Gahfoor, according to the DOJ release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cases were investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in Kansas City, the San Diego field office, and the Sacramento field Office, with assistance from FBI personnel in Richmond and Newark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccording to the complaint, these defendants conspired to support ISIS, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-reporter-breaks-down-on-live-tv-while-describing-israeli-families-losses\/\" title=\"Fox News reporter breaks down on live TV while discussing Israeli families&#039; tragic losses.\">ruthless terrorist organization<\/a>, with the intent, among other things, to fund plans to kill American servicemembers abroad,\u201d Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said in the release. \u201cThanks to the work of the FBI, their plans to betray their country in the gravest way lies in ruin. Instead, these defendants will face justice in our courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4596664\/us-releases-video-interdiction-sanctioned-vessel-indian-ocean\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4596664\/us-releases-video-interdiction-sanctioned-vessel-indian-ocean\/\">US RELEASES VIDEO SHOWING INTERDICTION OF SANCTIONED VESSEL IN INDIAN OCEAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bFiled in the District of Kansas, the complaint alleges the three men communicated about plans to support ISIS from February 2025 to June 2026, with each of the coconspirators pledging their allegiance to ISIS and their desire to use violence to further the terrorist group\u2019s aims. Ghafoor had his name written on the projectile of a rocket-propelled grenade, while Shamsaldeen donated money for drones that were to be deployed against U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-supreme-court-rejects-gop-request-to-limit-widespread-mail-in-voting-ahead-of-primary-election\/\" title=\"Massachusetts Supreme Court Rejects GOP Request to Limit Widespread Mail-in Voting Ahead of Primary Election\">service members overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case comes not long after an Iranian national living in the San Fernando Valley was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/iranian-national-living-san-fernando-valley-arrested-federal-complaint-charging-her\">arrested on a federal criminal complaint<\/a> charging her with selling Iranian-made weapons to Sudan. The woman was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport before she could book a flight out of the United States in April. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Department says three U.S. citizens were arrested over alleged ISIS financing plot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4299,"featured_media":2611249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DOJ-Image-2-.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4283,6987,3937,6039,69794],"class_list":["post-2611248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arrests","tag-crypto","tag-isis","tag-terrorism","tag-us-nationals"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DOJ-Image-2-.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611252,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611248\/revisions\/2611252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}