Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, also known as Michael Mixon, is a former bank underwriter and resident of Ardsley,

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, convicted in Manhattan federal court with

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and conspiracy to commit

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. There were also charges against him for material support of terrorism, international

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, and conspiracy."U.S. arrests Westchester man for terrorism financing and perpetrating massive investment fraud"
''Media Newswire''. Retrieved February 24, 2007. He has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Specifically, the indictment accuses Alishtari of accepting an unspecified amount of money (later specified as $15,000) to transfer $152,000 to Pakistan and Afghanistan to provide

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, medical supplies, and other equipment to terrorist training camps. The international money laundering charge arises from the prosecution's allegation that Alishtari transferred $25,000 from a bank in New York to a bank in

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, with the intent that the funds be used to train and equip terrorists. Prosecutors also allege that Alishtari defrauded investors of millions of dollars through a loan investment program he called the "Flat Electronic Data Interchange" (FEDI), which was ostensibly a scheme in which Alishtari promised a high, guaranteed return on their investments, but had no intention of delivering. Alishtari was sentenced to 121 months in prison. According to CBS and the website opensecrets.org, Alishtari is a donor to the

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, having given $15,250 to the

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between 2002 and 2004. The NRCC has not decided whether to return donations made by Alishtari.

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