According to Södertörn's district court, the man has financed terrorist activities in Syria through eight transactions between October 5, 2019, and November 3, 2020.
The charges have concerned a total of eleven cryptocurrency transactions, worth approximately 40,000 kronor. The money has gone to addresses linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and Hayat Tharir al-Sham. The court considers eight of the eleven transactions to be criminal.
"According to the district court, the transactions have been part of a well-organized, international, and systematic financing system. The transactions have further been an important part of the financing of terrorist activities in Syria. Therefore, the district court has assessed the financing offense as gross," says chief judge Szilárd Rado in a comment.
The 33-year-old has been previously convicted of other crimes. The crime he has now been convicted of was committed earlier and therefore constitutes so-called newly discovered criminality. Taking this into account, the court has determined the sentence to one year's imprisonment.
The man, who is resident in the Stockholm area, has denied the crime.
