A UK teenager has been charged with terror offenses and banned from PlayStation on-line after allegedly providing to assist Al Qaeda and different terrorist teams with crypto fundraising.
In accordance to the London Night Customary, the 16-year-old boy from London is accused of providing his companies to Al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban as an professional in crypto and cybersecurity.
A sum of $1,300 in cryptocurrency was allegedly raised by the boy for the phobia teams.
At Westminster Magistrates Court docket at the moment the boy pleaded not responsible to 5 prices, together with possessing paperwork that can be utilized to organize acts of terrorism, terrorist coaching, and terrorist fundraising.
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Prosecutors say the boy is accused of being “ideologically supportive of Islamic terrorist groups,” and presenting himself as a crypto/cyber safety professional “so he might be useful to the groups.”
He was launched on bail and has been issued a night-time curfew together with a number of communicative bans, together with restrictions on his use of social media, a ban on utilizing his laptop computer for something however academic functions, and a ban on enjoying his PlayStation console whereas on-line.
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