U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the DOJ seized more than $560,000 in crypto donations allegedly bound for Hamas and took down the terror group's online fundraising and recruitment infrastructure.

The operation, run out of Pirro's office in the District of Columbia with FBI support, targeted an encrypted group chat that claimed affiliation with Hamas and funneled supporters toward a fundraising website and a rotating set of cryptocurrency wallet addresses. Once the FBI gained control of the online infrastructure, servers, domains, and communication platforms, investigators intercepted the donations before they could reach Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, Breitbart News reported.

Federal court documents show the seizures happened across three dates, March 25, June 25, and October 10, 2025, each time building on intelligence from human sources who helped investigators identify, trace, and ultimately confiscate the funds. The combined haul totaled approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency.

Pirro warns Hamas: 'Your crypto is vulnerable'

Pirro did not hold back when she addressed the terror group directly. In a statement announcing the operation, she framed it as both a financial strike and an intelligence windfall.

"My office just struck a massive blow against foreign terrorism in seizing over $560,000 in crypto and dismantling Hamas' online recruitment by seizing their servers and their domains."

She added that investigators had obtained the names and identities of thousands of individuals who tried to send money to Hamas, information the DOJ intends to use in ongoing counterterrorism efforts.

"My message to Hamas is clear. Your networks are not secure, your crypto is vulnerable, and we will not stop until your ability to wage war is defeated for once and for all."

Pirro, who serves as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has drawn attention in recent months for other high-profile actions from her office, including a federal grand jury probe into D.C. public schools over truancy and graduation records. The Hamas operation marks one of her most significant national-security announcements to date.

FBI infiltrated Hamas's online fundraising pipeline

The mechanics of the operation reveal how deeply federal investigators penetrated the terror group's digital network. The FBI used human sources to pinpoint the domains and servers Hamas relied on for recruitment and fundraising. Among the seized infrastructure was AlQassam.ps, the main website of Hamas's military wing, the New York Post reported.

With control of those platforms, agents could monitor and intercept cryptocurrency flowing toward the Al-Qassam Brigades in real time. The encrypted group chat at the center of the scheme had been steering supporters toward a fundraising site and cycling through new wallet addresses, a common tactic designed to evade detection.

That tactic failed. Investigators tracked the money across all three seizure dates and pulled it out of the pipeline before it reached Hamas.

Pirro's tenure as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor has not been without friction. She broke with the Trump administration over the handling of a high-profile Reflecting Pool case earlier in her term, a disagreement that briefly put her job status in question.

Eisenberg: Operation strips Hamas of resources used to 'recruit and radicalize'

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Eisenberg reinforced the scope of the operation. Just The News reported his statement tying the seizure directly to the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

"These seizures deprive Hamas of resources it relies on to recruit and radicalize individuals online and finance barbaric attacks like the one on October 7, 2023."

Eisenberg also pledged to continue pressuring Hamas's financial networks. "We will continue to tighten the vise on Hamas's capacity for terror by infiltrating its online network, confiscating its cryptocurrency, and shutting down its websites," he said, as reported by the New York Post.

The operation also seized communication platforms beyond the main website, tools Hamas used to coordinate fundraising appeals and direct supporters toward new donation channels. The DOJ described the takedown as a dismantling of the group's online recruitment apparatus, not merely a financial seizure.

That distinction matters. Cutting off $560,000 hurts Hamas in the short term. Seizing the infrastructure, the servers, the domains, the encrypted channels, and harvesting the identities of thousands of would-be donors creates a longer-term problem for the terror group's ability to rebuild.

Thousands of would-be Hamas donors now on the DOJ's radar

One of the most consequential outcomes of the operation may not be the money at all. Pirro stated that investigators now hold the names and identities of thousands of people who attempted to funnel money to Hamas through the seized infrastructure. The DOJ said that intelligence will feed ongoing counterterrorism efforts, AP News reported.

The DOJ did not announce any arrests in connection with the operation. No details were released about the specific type of cryptocurrency seized, the number of servers and domains taken down, or the platform hosting the encrypted group chat. Those gaps suggest the investigation remains active and that federal prosecutors may not be finished.

The announcement comes during a period of heightened scrutiny on terror financing in the United States, particularly through digital currencies that can be moved across borders with relative anonymity. For years, counterterrorism officials have warned that cryptocurrency gives designated terror organizations a way to raise funds outside the traditional banking system, which has more robust monitoring and compliance requirements.

Pirro's relationship with the White House has drawn public attention on multiple occasions. President Trump publicly broke with her after the DOJ dropped a felony charge in a separate case, and she has also faced personal security concerns, a Long Island man was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot her.

Whatever the internal politics, the Hamas operation speaks for itself. Stripping a designated terrorist organization of half a million dollars, dismantling its recruitment pipeline, and building a database of its American sympathizers is the kind of result that justifies the resources spent.

The Newsmax report on the operation confirmed Pirro's role and the breadth of the seizure, noting the DOJ obtained data on thousands of potential donors alongside the cryptocurrency and digital infrastructure.

For a terror group that has spent years building parallel financial networks to evade sanctions, losing its servers, its domains, its wallet addresses, and the anonymity of its donor base all at once is not a minor setback. It is the kind of enforcement action that makes the next fundraising campaign harder to launch and riskier to join.