Overview
- Federal prosecutors announced on Sept. 1, 2026 that court-authorized actions uncovered and seized about $560,000 in cryptocurrency tied to Hamas’s Al Qassam Brigades and took control of fundraising domains and servers.
- Investigators used human sources, blockchain tracing and three seizure warrants from March, June and October 2025 to link rotating wallet addresses and exchange accounts to the fundraising network.
- The FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office seized websites including AlQassam.ps and said taking control of the servers allowed agents to intercept donations and collect identifying information on thousands of people who tried to give money.
- Court filings and reporting name multiple token types and platforms involved, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Wrapped Ethereum, Tether and Tron, and show coordinated steps with exchanges and stablecoin issuers to recover funds.
- Officials say the disruption is part of a multi-year campaign to choke Hamas’s online finance and recruitment; the seized infrastructure and donor data could prompt further seizures, sanctions or criminal cases and will be used in ongoing counterterrorism work.