Mateo Ventura has been accused of trying to raise $1,670 for ISIS by arranging the sale of gift cards on the dark web.
An 18-year-old boy from Massachusetts is accused of trying to raise more than $1,600 for ISIS by selling gift cards, including Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods gift cards, on the dark web — but the teen’s father claimed that his son has been “railroaded.”
Ventura’s father, Paul, told reporters outside the courthouse that his son has developmental and learning issues from being born prematurely, adding that he has been tormented by bullies at school.“My son said, ‘Dad, I don’t understand, I didn’t do anything wrong,’” Paul Ventura said, describing the moment the FBI came to arrest Mateo Thursday morning.
Between January and May after turning 18, Ventura provided another $705 in gift cards to the bogus ISIS sympathizer, prosecutors said. In one instance, the 18-year-old sent an audio recording to the undercover agent pledging his allegiance to then-ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurash, according to the court files.
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