<p>A New York woman has been sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for funding the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.</p> <p>The U.S. Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/long-island-woman-sentenced-13-years-imprisonment-providing-material-support-isis">announced</a> the news on Friday, saying that the woman, Zoobia Shahnaz, defrauded several banks to obtain money for ISIS during March-July 2017.</p> <p>Shahnaz fraudulently obtained “more than a dozen” credit cards and used them to purchase approximately $62,000 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies online. She then made multiple wire transfers worth over $150,000 to individuals and firms in Pakistan, China and Turkey that were fronts for ISIS, per the Justice Department.</p> <p>Shahnaz was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/long-island-woman-indicted-bank-fraud-and-money-laundering-support-terrorists">indicted</a> in December 2017. At the time, the Justice Department said she sought to use American Express Bank, Chase Bank, Discover Bank and TD Bank to transmit funds overseas.</p> <p>Shahnaz <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-woman-pleads-guilty-providing-material-support-isis">pleaded guilty</a> in November 2018 as she admitted to defrauding banks and laundering stolen funds out of the U.S. for providing material support to ISIS.</p>