Spain arrests hair salon owner for Hamas crypto transfers
Spain’s high court for major criminal cases opened an investigation into a 38-year-old man accused of sending about €600,000 in cryptocurrency transfers to digital addresses allegedly linked to an entity used by Hamas, according to police and multiple Spanish media reports.
The suspect, described by investigators as a Chinese national who ran a hair salon in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, was detained on Tuesday, and later released pending proceedings, with restrictions that included surrendering his passport and reporting regularly to court, Spanish outlets reported.
The investigation was overseen by Spain’s Audiencia Nacional and carried out by Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalonia regional police. Authorities said they documented at…
