A man who may have helped the Times Square bomber is charged with running an unlicensed money transfer business.
Mohammad Younis, of Long Island, New York, was arrested yesterday. He is accused of transferring money to and from other countries for several people. Younis had no license to do this.
One of his customers was Faisal Shahzad, who has admitted he planted a car bomb in Times Square. A group in Pakistan sent Younis money to give to Shahzad. The money was for the bombing mission.
Younis didn't know what the money was for. Shahzad's bomb was found and did not go off.
The U.S. Attorney says, "Mohammad Younis unwittingly [without knowing] funded a terror plot."
He will be arraigned (hear the charges and make his plea) today.
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