First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said there is no evidence that Minnesota fraudsters sought to fund terrorist groups. "There’s no indication that the defendants we've charged were radicalized or seeking to fund al-Shabab or other terrorist groups," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. "Some money went to Somalia indirectly. Some money might have gotten into the hands of al-Shabab, which controls significant parts of Somalia and imposes a tax there. So that's a l