- Mohammed Yousef Mohamed Alqusaidi
Mohammed Yousef Mohamed Alqusaidi ( _ar. محمد يوسف محمد القصيدي) is the name or alias of an individual who was responsible for a great deal of the funding of the
September 11, 2001 attacks against theWorld Trade Center . Along withAli Abdul Aziz Ali , he is considered one of the greatest contributors to the hijackers.Alqusaidi made wire transfer payments to
Marwan al-Shehhi , the hijacker thought to have headed much of the financial aspect of the training and equipping of the hijackers.The payments were made to al-Shehhi's account with the
Dresdner Bank in Germany. In July 1999, al-Shehhi opened a checking account atHSBC in the UAE and shortly thereafter granted a power of attorney over this account to Alqusaidi. Alqusaidi continued to wire funds to Al-Shehhi from this account until approximately November 2000. After this time, the remaining funds were withdrawn from the HSBC account in the form of cash. Approximately $100,000 flowed through this account from July 1999 to November 2000.There has been speculation that Alqusaidi and al-Shehhi may be brothers.
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