Central Local Court was told on Monday that the young man, who can not be named, was caught by the police and has now “rolled over”, agreeing to give evidence against those who allegedly instructed him.
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“Oarjan Azari, 23, and Ali Al-Talebi, 26, already made “$6,000 avaliable to the Islamic State group in two separate money transfers a year ago”.
A plan by a Sydney youth to send more than $12,000 to Islamic State came undone when his mother found the cash in his shorts while doing his laundry, a court has heard.
In the preliminary court hearing, Magistrate Peter Miszalski quipped that the man had been involved in “laundering money” for ISIS.
Azari and Al-Talebi were arrested last autumn during the largest counter-terrorism raids in Australia’s history.
But the young man allegedly did not go through with the transfer after discovering that he would have to pay a sizeable fee because the money was in USA dollars.
The trial of two men accused of raising money for ISIS has heard that the mother of a witness found thousands of pounds in cash in his DIRTY LAUNDRY.
‘It comes down to the defendants, in a nutshell, gathering cash monies and using the prospective witness who was younger than them and, under the prosecution case, under their sway, to make these deposits in circumstances where intercepted calls reflect that the objective of the transfer of those funds out of Australia was to end up supporting Islamic State activities in Syria and Iraq, ‘ Mr Neil said.
The youth is cooperating with authorities and has been given immunity for his testimony against Azari and Al-Talebi.
Steven Boland, Azari’s barrister, said that it is unconfirmed that the funds had been “ever received by any terrorist organisation “, and that evidence suggests not.
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The hearing resumes on Wednesday.
