Food Stamp Fraud for Terrorism

REPORT: MILLIONS IN FOOD STAMP MONEY USED FOR MIDDLE EAST TERRORISM, by STEVEN AHLE, 10/24/18. 

The Government Accountability Institute (GAI) has made a report regarding the use of food stamp fraud to finance terrorism in the United States and abroad. Money from food stamp fraud financed the first bombing of the World Trade center in 1993. It was also used in the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. 

The use of food stamp fraud first appeared in the 1980s but did not create a stir until investigators testified before Congress that it was food stamp fraud money that financed the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The detectives told Congress that at least $125 million found it’s way to terrorists. 

From Breitbart News - One of the masterminds of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings, Mahmud Abouhalima, 

funded the attacks by operating a million-dollar food stamp fraud scheme out of a video store in Brooklyn.

But the U.S. government did not pinpoint how a lot of these terrorists used money from food stamp fraud to fund their attacks until shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001. 

The U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified that many terrorists would get away with funding their illicit activities by using businesses known as “hawalas” to launder money. 

A “hawala”— which is an Arabic term defined in English as the transfer (or trust)— is a method of transferring money through informal agents from international networks, and many Muslim immigrants settled in western countries use the “hawala” method to transfer funds to family members. 

It’s nearly impossible to track the money sent through the hawalas and that makes them very popular among drug cartels and terrorists who can launder money through them. 

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That is what a new report says.Your tax dollars flowed to terrorists around the world via food stamp fraud, by Ann Corcoran, 10/25/18. 

Longtime readers know that a pet project of mine for several years was following the food stamp fraud busts going on around the country.  See my complete file on the subject here.

I’m relieved to see that some organization of stature has taken the issue of food stamp “trafficking” seriously.

From Breitbart (Hat tip: Richard @highblueridge):

Report: Millions in Food Stamp Dollars Flowed to Terrorists

See the whole report:    http://g-a-i.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_GAI_SNAP_FRAUD_TERROR.pdf

Millions of taxpayers dollars trafficked through food stamp fraud went to terrorists who funded their activities at home and abroad, according to an explosive report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).

The report from GAI, where Breitbart News Senior-Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer serves as president, highlighted several instances where money obtained through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits fraud went to fund acts of terrorism, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombings and the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing.

“Hawalas” used to launder money - The U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified that many terrorists would get away with funding their illicit activities by using businesses known as “hawalas” to launder money.

A “hawala”— which is an Arabic term defined in English as transfer (or trust)— is a method of transferring money through informal agents from international networks, and many Muslim immigrants settled in western countries use the “hawala” method to transfer funds to family members.

GAI, citing a U.S. Treasury report, found that more than $7 billion flows into Pakistan alone through hawalas every year.

Investigators say it is very difficult to track the money moved around through hawalas, even though the federal government has known about the use of hawalas and their alleged role in financing terrorism for years.

But as federal investigators became more familiar with the welfare fraud mechanisms used to fund terrorist activities after the September 11 attacks, investigators have cracked down on a number of instances where terrorists have used the benefit fraud for such purposes. Much more here.

By the way, even if your tax dollars don’t make it into the hands of terrorists, the billions of US dollars sent out of the country via remittances to ‘home’ countries have a huge impact on the US as it is money that is not available to our economy.

https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/your-tax-dollars-flowed-to-terrorists-around-the-world-via-food-stamp-fraud/

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader