Islamic Charity Officials Convicted of Lying In 501(c)(3) Application

A federal district court jury in Boston on Friday convicted three officers of Care International, a now defunct Islamic charity, on eleven counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiring to conceal material facts from the Internal Revenue Service. Yesterday's Worcester (MA) Telegram reports on the case. The government's indictment claimed that defendants withheld information about Care's support of jihad and mujaheddin in various countries when they applied for 501(c)(3) tax exempt status for Care International. (See prior posting.) The government also claimed that Care International was a successor to a group linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.