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US Sells Home of Couple Illegally Working with Syria Company

FILE: FILE - This March 12, 2016 file photo shows a general view of Sixth Street during South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.(Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

Homeland Security is diverting nearly $650,000 to a victims’ compensation fund from the sale of a suburban Boston home that belonged to a couple authorities say illegally did business with a Syrian electronics company, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

The Syrian company was involved in the acquisition of parts that could be used to build improvised explosive devices and used against United States and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, US authorities said.

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