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Indictment Ties Ex-Congressman to Muslim Charity Accused of Financing Terror
By Brian Orsak
printA former U.S. Congressman took illegal payments from a Muslim charity accused of sending more than $130,000 to a terrorist with ties to al-Qaida and the Taliban, federal prosecutors say. Mark Deli Siljander was charged with money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly accepting stolen funds from the Islamic American Relief Agency and trying to disguise them by claiming they were a donation to help him write a book on "bridging the gap between Islam and Christianity," according to a 42-count indictment returned Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. The indictment supersedes charges issued last March against...
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