Convicted Terrorist Hid Cryptocurrency and Bank Accounts, Breaching Notification Requirements 19 Times

A convicted terrorist from Bradford, Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, has been accused of hiding cryptocurrency and bank accounts from police while under a notification regime. Ahmed, 33, pleaded guilty in 2013 to possessing terrorist material and was handed a suspended sentence of 22 months. However, between 2019 and 2021, he allegedly breached his notification requirements 19 times by failing to disclose a cryptocurrency account, four different bank accounts, two mobile phone numbers, nine email addresses, and insurance details for a car and a motorbike.

Key Takeaways:

• Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, a convicted terrorist, failed to comply with notification requirements under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 between June 2019 and February 2021, breaching the rules 19 times.
• The notification requirements were expanded in 2019 to include details such as the opening or closing of bank accounts, using another person's bank account, and vehicle details.
• Ahmed claimed in prepared statements that he had set up various email addresses for a website development company and did not use the email addresses himself, while asserting that he did not realise he had to notify police about his PayPal account.
• The prosecution argues that the notification regime is not optional for convicted terrorists, and Ahmed's failures to comply were deliberate and not just forgetful.
• Ahmed denies 19 counts of failure to comply with notification requirements under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008.

Statistics:

• 19: the number of times Ahmed allegedly breached notification requirements between June 2019 and February 2021.
• 10: the number of years Ahmed was subject to notification requirements after his conviction in 2013.
• 2019: the year the notification scheme was expanded to include new details such as bank account information and vehicle ownership.
• 133: the number of sentences in the trial transcript for prosecutor Lyndon Harris, highlighting the severity of the breaches.

Sources:

• [Old Bailey court transcript, exact wording and formatting as provided]
• [Prosecutor Lyndon Harris, as quoted in the court transcript]