US v. Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, et al.
Ashland, OR
Al Qaeda
[DOR] In February 2005 a federal grand jury charged Al Haramain Islamic Foundation and two of its employees, Pirouz Sedaghaty (also Pete Seda) and Soliman Al-Buthe, with bank fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering. Various branches of the Saudi-based charity were designated by the US in June 2004 based on evidence of the charity's ties to al Qaeda. The US-based branch of the charity in Ashland, Oregon, along with one of its directors, Suliman Al-Buthe, was designated in September 2004. A November 2008 ruling supported the US Treasury Department's determination that the Islamic charity was controlled by and provided support to designated terrorists. In September 2010, a jury convicted Pirouz Sedaghaty of all charges, which included a charge that he filed a false tax return and conspired to file a false tax return as part of Al Haramain's efforts to hide the trail of money. In January 2011, a federal judge ruled Seda could be released wearing a GPS Device constantly.
Related Topics: Prosecutions, Terror Financing
- Government's Motion to Remand
- Defendant's Response to Motion to Remand
- Opinion
- Order
- Pirouz Sedaghaty Conviction Press Release
- Pirouz Sedaghaty Guilty Verdict
- Motion for New Trial
- Defense Sentencing Memorandum
- Government's Sentencing Memorandum
- Order Setting Conditions for Release
- Declaration by James Strupp
- Defendant's Motion for Release
- Defendant's Supplement to Motion for Release
- First Amended Complaint
- Re: Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of FISA
- Order
- Memorandum of Decision and Order
- Memorandum
- Act SMotion to Squash USA Patriotubpoena
- Opinion Re: Constitutionality of Asset Forfeiture
- Opinion
- Government's Request to Review Release Order
- Exhibit L - E-mail Confirming Donation by Egyptian in Support of Chechnya Mujahideen
- Exhibit K - Wire Transfer From Pirouz Sedaghaty to AIHF Office in Tirane, Albania
- Exhibit J - AHIF Newsletter Praising Mujahideen
- Exhibit I - E-mail Messages Glorifying Chechnya Mujahideen
- Exhibit H - Photos of Chechnya Mujahideen
- Exhibit G - Radical Items Found on Pirouz Sedaghaty's Computer
- Exhibit F - Letter From Prisoner to AHIF-US Offering Assistance to Mujahideen
- Exhibit E - Islamic Guidelines for Individual and Social Reform
- Exhibit D - Summary of US Treasury Designations
- Exhibits B & C - Excerpts from the Noble Koran
- Exhibit A - National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Chapter 7)
- Government's Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention
- Government's Submission of Redacted Indictment
- Indictment