Source: Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031023_1970.html
On October 23, 2003 Associated Press reported that "a prominent U.S. Muslim activist was charged Thursday in an 18-count indictment with devising an illegal scheme to obtain money from Libya and with attempting to conceal his financial dealings from the government. The charges, brought by a grand jury in Alexandria, Va., carry a maximum sentence of 105 years in prison for Abdurahman M. Alamoudi, 51, a founder of the American Muslim Council and related American Muslim Foundation. A federal affidavit contends that Alamoudi also was involved in numerous groups with financial links to the Hamas and al-Qaida terrorist organizations including one founded by a relative of Osama bin Laden. The indictment accuses Alamoudi of engaging in illegal financial transactions with Libya, most notably once in August when he received a briefcase containing $340,000 in cash from the Libyan-controlled Islamic Call Society. The indictment says that Alamoudi hoped to funnel that money through Saudi Arabia to the United States and evade currency reporting requirements."