British Charity’s Account Frozen

The Charity Commission, Britain’s charity watchdog, has frozen the bank accounts of Crescent Relief, a nonprofit group, on suspicion that it helped support a plot to bomb American-bound planes departing from London, reports Agence France Presse.

The commission has opened a formal investigation into the charity, which says it has been raising money for earthquake victims in Pakistan, stating, “The inquiry will focus on whether or not the charity’s funds, or funds raised on its behalf, were used unlawfully. It will also consider the financial policies and practices of the charity.”

Rashid Rauf, one of the 11 suspects in the terror plot discovered in London, is the son of the charity’s founder, Abdul Rauf. It is unclear whether the elder Rauf is a suspect in the investigation.