[2015-06-11] CD: Bitcoin Teen Pleads Guilty Over Providing Support to ISIL

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Bitcoin Teen Pleads Guilty Over Providing Support to ISIL

A teenager who allegedly gave ISIL supporters advice on bitcoin has plead guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the terrorist group.

17-year-old Ali Shukri Amin, from Woodbridge, Virginia, worked as a writer for digital currency news site CoinBrief. He is accused of offering guidance to ISIL (or ISIS) supporters wanting to travel to Syria via Twitter, facing a maximum of 15 years in prison.

Full story: http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-teen-pleads-guilty-over-providing-support-to-isil/
Bitcoin Discussion board thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1087497.0