The Islamic Education Center, a grade school and mosque in Houston, is photographed on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four US mosques, including this one, and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by the Alavi Foundation. -- PHOTO: APNEW YORK - US FEDERAL prosecutors said on Thursday they were moving to seize four mosques and a 36-story New York skyscraper from a non-profit Muslim group suspected of having ties to the Iranian government.
The Alavi Foundation has been providing numerous services such as 'money laundering offences' including the illegal funneling of funds to the Iranian government, according to the office of US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara.
Mr Bharara filed a forfeiture action with a New York federal court to seize bank accounts owned by the group and a suspected front company, as well as the office tower and Islamic centers in the states of Maryland, Virginia, Texas and California. -- AFP
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