May 26, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
TAX WATCH
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Two former leaders of an Islamic charity have been arrested by federal officials and charged with improperly collaborating with alleged terrorist groups and with providing false information on the charity’s informational tax returns.
Officials from the IRS and other federal agencies accused Emadeddin Muntasser of founding Care International, in Boston, in 1992 as a cover for supporting terrorist activities. The charity, which was not affiliated with the relief agency CARE International, was disbanded in 2003.
Mr. Muntasser and the group’s treasurer, Muhamed Mubayyid, collected $1.7-million in charitable donations over a decade, according to federal officials, and sent it overseas to terrorist groups. The federal government alleges that the two men lied on the charity’s Forms 990 about how they spent the money.
Mr. Muntasser’s lawyer, Jeremiah Friedman, declined to comment on the charges. The Chronicle was unable to reach Mr. Mubayyid or his lawyer.
