‘Charity’ Cash FUNNELED — Hamas Ties EXPOSED

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A California charity case now alleges more than $600,000 meant for “Gaza aid” was steered toward Hamas and personal spending, raising fresh questions about who we can trust with our money and whether Washington is really protecting Americans or just managing the optics.

Story Snapshot

Federal prosecutors say San Diego resident Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi raised about $600,000 through online “Gaza aid” fundraisers, then funneled money to Hamas and his own bills.^[3]
The Justice Department charged him with terrorism, sanctions evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements, but he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.^[7]
The complaint says he sent roughly $116,000 to a Hamas member and tried to convert another $382,000 into cryptocurrency to move through a Hamas-linked fundraising group called Gaza Now.^[3]
This case fits a wider pattern where “charities” and crowdfunding are used to move money to terror groups, while ordinary Americans struggle to know which causes are real and which are scams.^[19]

What Federal Prosecutors Say Happened

The United States Department of Justice says 38‑year‑old San Diego resident Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi ran online fundraisers and a supposed charity that claimed to send humanitarian aid to Gaza.^[3] Prosecutors say that between December 2023 and February 2024, he raised about $600,000 through these campaigns, which were promoted on social media and crowdfunding sites.^[2] The complaint alleges he then sent roughly $116,000 to a Hamas member and tried to move another $382,000 into cryptocurrency for Hamas via Gaza Now.^[3]

The charges against Sabassi are severe. He is accused of conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, violating economic sanctions laws, wire fraud, money laundering, and lying to federal agents.^[7] Each of the first four counts carries a possible 20‑year prison term, and the false‑statement charge carries up to five years.^[8] Prosecutors also say he diverted some donations to pay his own rent and credit card bills, turning what donors thought was charity into both alleged terror funding and personal gain.^[3]

The Palestinian genocidal Hamas terrorist fundraiser plot gets bigger by the hour. Hamas terrorist fundraiser Reda Sabassi was employed with Booz Allen Hamilton.

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How the Alleged Hamas Charity Scheme Worked

Court documents say Sabassi used a putative nonprofit called Ikram – The Arab Charity Foundation Inc. as part of his fundraising network.^[3] Through this charity name, plus several online donation pages, he reportedly told people their money would help civilians in Gaza with basic needs.^[2] The complaint says that in private messages he joked with a partner about naming a fundraiser directly after Hamas’s armed wing before settling on the more neutral‑sounding charity branding, suggesting he knew which audience he was really serving.^[10]

Prosecutors say Sabassi worked with Gaza Now, which the United States Treasury later labeled a key financial facilitator for Hamas and designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity.^[3] According to the complaint, Sabassi and co‑conspirators used these channels to route donations toward Hamas members instead of neutral relief groups.^[3] Federal officials also point out that Hamas is a United States‑designated foreign terrorist organization, so any material support, including money, is a serious federal crime under terrorism laws.^[9]

A Growing Pattern: Sham Charities, Real Donor Risk

This case does not stand alone. For years, governments have accused some charities and nonprofit networks of raising money under “humanitarian” banners while quietly supporting Hamas or other militant groups.^[19] United States Treasury officials recently sanctioned several overseas groups they described as “sham charities” that claimed to help Palestinians but allegedly funneled money to Hamas’s military wing instead.^[15] Analysts say these cases are hard to prove in public, because financial trails can be fragmented and some evidence stays classified.^[19]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also warned Americans about fake humanitarian fundraisers popping up around the Israel‑Hamas war, especially on social media and crowdfunding sites.^[22] That warning reflects a deeper problem that cuts across politics: many citizens want to help suffering people, but the systems that move their donations are easy to abuse and hard to police. When the government reacts late or unevenly, both conservatives and liberals see more proof that elites are not protecting ordinary people’s money or safety.^[22]

Why This Case Resonates With Public Frustration

For many on the right, this story hits long‑standing concerns about weak borders, terrorism, and a federal bureaucracy that only cracks down after damage is done. They see a naturalized citizen allegedly using American platforms to fund a United States‑designated terror group and ask why the government and tech companies did not stop it sooner.^[3] The fact that the scheme allegedly ran during a global crisis, while many families at home struggle with high costs, adds to that anger.^[2]

For many on the left, the case raises a different but related fear. They worry that real charities and political speech on behalf of Palestinians could be swept into broad terror‑financing crackdowns, as happened in earlier cases like the Holy Land Foundation, where debates over evidence and intent dragged on for years.^[16] Both sides look at Washington and see powerful agencies that sometimes miss obvious fraud yet still claim more power over people’s speech, bank accounts, and online activity.^[18]

What Ordinary Americans Can Take From This

Americans who donate during wars or disasters face an unfair burden. They are told to “do their homework” while scammers and, at times, sophisticated networks stay one step ahead. The FBI urges donors to check whether charities are registered, watch for pressure tactics, and verify crowdfunding pages before sending money.^[22] These steps help, but they cannot fully fix a system where billions move online with little real‑time oversight and where the line between activism, charity, and politics keeps blurring.

Cases like Sabassi’s, whether the allegations prove true or not, show how vulnerable that system is. If the government’s complaint is accurate, hundreds of thousands of dollars from well‑meaning people did not buy food or medicine for families; it allegedly supported a terror group and paid one man’s bills.^[3] That reality fuels a shared suspicion across the political spectrum: that elites build complex systems that ordinary Americans are told to trust, then only clean them up when the headlines become impossible to ignore.^[15]