Federal agents shut down face mask fraud scheme targeting Americans and led by Islamic State




Kyle Armstrong, former FBI special agent, discusses how his team shut down a terrorist scheme to raise money through a fraudulent face mask website early in the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

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"While people were scrambling to find face masks at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Islamic State terror group was trying to scam Americans with a fraudulent website claiming to have an abundant supply of masks. A team of federal agents discovered the scheme, shut it down and disrupted the financing network.

  • Kyle Armstrong, a former FBI special agent and finalist for a Service to America Medal who was part of that team, said terrorist fundraising efforts are a very widespread, international and evolving problem.
  • The FBI had been tracking a known ISIS financier for a couple years and noticed he was connected to the fake face mask site, said Armstrong.
  • After deeper investigation, the “Bitcoin Terror Takedown Team” dismantled the fraud operation before it had a chance to cause large-scale damage."

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