20 addresses an FBI affidavit ties to HAMAS's al-Qassam Brigades after the March 2025 freeze, plus Binance deposit addresses (June 2025 seizure)
- Scam type: TF Financing
- Chain: EVM (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM chains)
- Project or site name: al-Qassam Brigades (HAMAS) crypto donation scheme via fund[@]alqassam[.]ps
- Incident date: 2025-04-14
- Reported: 2026-10-29
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
HAMAS is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist. FBI affidavits made public by the Justice Department on September 1, 2026 say that its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, collected cryptocurrency donations by emailing donors a one-time USDT (TRC20) address from fund[@]alqassam[.]ps, with instructions to avoid sending from Binance and not to name the recipient to whoever made the transfer. A June 25, 2025 FBI seizure-warrant affidavit says that after Tether froze the al-Qassam Brigades Operational Wallet, donations began moving through…