NEW: Federal prosecutors say an 18-year-old from Massachusetts tried to raise money for ISIS through a gift card resale scheme on the dark web.
A Massachusetts teenager was arrested Thursday on suspicion of running a gift card-reselling scheme to raise money for the terrorist group ISIS, federal prosecutors announced.
Mateo Ventura, an 18-year-old from Wakefield, raised $705 between January and May by giving gift cards to someone he believed supported ISIS, thinking the cards would be resold on the dark web and the profits sent to the group, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said. Ventura is facing a charge of concealing the source of material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, prosecutors said. He's due in federal court in Worcester Thursday afternoon.Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.This article tagged under:
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