Two Louisiana brothers have been charged over an alleged Hamas fundraising network that prosecutors say collected more than $1.7M through campaigns presented as humanitarian aid for Gaza, with an undercover NYPD operation helping investigators gather evidence.
Abdel Adhami and his brother Omar Adhami were arrested in Louisiana in September. Federal complaints filed on 11 September allege that the brothers sent money to Saleem Alzaq, whom the FBI believed was based in Gaza and had posted Hamas propaganda on social media since at least 2021. The allegations have not been proven in court, and the brothers have not entered pleas.
