Mass. man pleads guilty to helping ISIS through gift card scheme

Mass. man pleads guilty to helping ISIS through gift card scheme

A Wakefield man recently pleaded guilty to a charge he faced after being accused of trying to help ISIS raise money when he was a teenager, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office.Mateo Ventura, 20, pleaded guilty on Oct. 15 to one count of concealment of financing of terrorism, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office wrote in a press release not made public until Nov. 13, after the federal government reopened from a 43-day shutdo…