Judge's Ruling Won't Clear KindHearts

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | September 8, 2009 | n/a

[Cindy]

Treasury Department officials have yet to say whether they will appeal on Ohio judge's ruling that their 2006 asset freeze against an Islamic charity violated the group's due process rights.

Treasury officials accuse KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development of taking over fundraising for Hamas in the United States after the government forced the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) to shut down in 2001. That action was upheld by a federal judge in Washington, D.C.

HLF and five officials subsequently were indicted and convicted of illegally funneling more than $12 million to Hamas.

The freeze of KindHearts bore significant differences from HLF, U.S. District Judge James G. Carr wrote in his order last month.

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/291.pdf

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/kindhearts/index

[bgill]

Yank their visas and send them packing.

[SunkenCiv]

Treasury Department officials have yet to say whether they will appeal on Ohio judge's ruling that their 2006 asset freeze against an Islamic charity violated the group's due process rights... KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development [is said to have taken over] fundraising for Hamas in the United States after the government forced the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) to shut down in 2001.

[Cindy]

http://www.investigativeproject.org/3374/kindhearts-dissolves
For The Record - The IPT Blog

“KindHearts Dissolves”
by IPT News • Jan 10, 2012 at 2:03 pm

[Cindy]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501363_162-57355324/ohio-charity-accused-by-us-of-hamas-ties-disbands/

January 9, 2012 2:05 PM

“Ohio charity accused by US of Hamas ties disbands”

SNIPPET: “(AP) TOLEDO, Ohio — A charity that the government suspected of having ties to the militant Islamic group Hamas has shut down but is still negotiating a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury over its frozen assets.

The filing made last week comes nearly six years after the Treasury Department essentially closed the charity’s operation when it ordered U.S. banks to freeze the group’s assets, saying it was funneling money to a terrorist organization.”

[Cindy]

http://www.investigativeproject.org/topics/42/kindhearts-for-charitable-humanitarian-development

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http://www.investigativeproject.org/3561/kindhearts-closing-part-of-deal-with-treasury

For The Record - The IPT Blog

“KindHearts Closing Part of Deal with Treasury”
by IPT News • May 2, 2012 at 11:22 am

SNIPPET: “The U.S. Treasury Department and an Islamist charity considered “the progeny” of a Hamas-financing network in America have settled litigation over government attempts to freeze the group’s assets.”