<p>In what could be the country's first instance of cryptocurrency being used to fund terror activities, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a charge sheet has claimed that ISIS operatives used bitcoin to carry out attacks inside India, according to a <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nia-charge-sheet-alleges-bitcoins-used-by-is-operatives-to-fund-terror-activity/story-1qVgzJ5Ipj3t2DCrPmWpvO.html#:~:text=The%20National%20Investigation%20Agency%20(NIA,use%20of%20cryptocurrency%20in%20terror" target="_blank">report</a> by the <em>Hindustan Times.</em></p>.<p>According to the report, Jahanzaib Sami, an IS operative, had arranged a bitcoin wallet through a British contact, on which he asked associates to deposit funds.</p>.<p>Sami and his wife were arrested on March 8 for planning to carry out attacks in India. According to the charge sheet, the duo had acquired the bitcoin address on Threeema from an account belonging to a British woman based in Syria.</p>.<p>Sami had also gotten in touch with a Libya-based IS operative to discuss arranging funds through blockchain.</p>.<p>The charge sheet claimed that Sami planned to carry out 100 bombings in a single day.</p>.<p>The two also discussed arranging funds through stolen credit cards to acquire weapons, according to the charge sheet.</p>.<p>The charge sheet also alleged that Abdullah Basith, a key IS member lodged in Tihar was using smartphones inside the prison to interact with Sami and several overseas ISIS commanders.</p>
<p>In what could be the country's first instance of cryptocurrency being used to fund terror activities, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a charge sheet has claimed that ISIS operatives used bitcoin to carry out attacks inside India, according to a <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nia-charge-sheet-alleges-bitcoins-used-by-is-operatives-to-fund-terror-activity/story-1qVgzJ5Ipj3t2DCrPmWpvO.html#:~:text=The%20National%20Investigation%20Agency%20(NIA,use%20of%20cryptocurrency%20in%20terror" target="_blank">report</a> by the <em>Hindustan Times.</em></p>.<p>According to the report, Jahanzaib Sami, an IS operative, had arranged a bitcoin wallet through a British contact, on which he asked associates to deposit funds.</p>.<p>Sami and his wife were arrested on March 8 for planning to carry out attacks in India. According to the charge sheet, the duo had acquired the bitcoin address on Threeema from an account belonging to a British woman based in Syria.</p>.<p>Sami had also gotten in touch with a Libya-based IS operative to discuss arranging funds through blockchain.</p>.<p>The charge sheet claimed that Sami planned to carry out 100 bombings in a single day.</p>.<p>The two also discussed arranging funds through stolen credit cards to acquire weapons, according to the charge sheet.</p>.<p>The charge sheet also alleged that Abdullah Basith, a key IS member lodged in Tihar was using smartphones inside the prison to interact with Sami and several overseas ISIS commanders.</p>
