Arrest in Spain Connected to Indictment of NY Businessman (updated March 13)
By Andrew Cochran
Spanish authorities have arrested a man identified as Brian David Anderson, a Canadian apparently involved in the fraud and terrorist financing case in which Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, a NYC-area businessman, was indicted. I posted on that case (with the indictment) when it was announced on February 17 - a quote: "Alishtari was indicted of sending $152,000 to Pakistan and Afghanistan to support a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan by funding the purchase of night-vision goggles, and of laundering $25,000 from a New York bank through a bank in Montreal as part of the funding scheme. But he was also indicted for allegedly running a six-year-long scheme through which he and unnamed others 'fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in investments from various individuals by falsely promising high, guaranteed rates of return.'" So now we know the name of Alishtari's (alleged) Canadian assistant in the scheme, and we see a good example of international cooperation in stopping terrorist financing.
UPDATE, March 13: Today's Vancouver Sun reports additional details on the fraudulent investment schemes in which Anderson was involved and through which he raised approximately $7 million.
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