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US seizes digital currency accounts used by militant groups

by Associated Press
| August 13, 2020 8:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant organization abroad, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, relied on to raise money for violent operations.

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