A Virginia man is facing federal charges for allegedly sending thousands of dollars overseas to support the ISIS terrorist group. The trial of 35-year-old Mohammed Chhipa [[ CHEE-pah ]] of Springfield began this week in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Prosecutors say Chhipa converted more than 70-thousand dollars into Bitcoin and sent it to a contact in Turkey. Chhipa's attorneys say government investigators set up their client, manipulating and entrapping him through a sting operation.
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