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Charity Commission Opens Statutory Inquiry Into Al‑Khair Foundation

The regulator has placed legal limits on some transactions as UK police and US prosecutors press terrorism funding allegations linked to a detained aid worker.

TOPSHOT - Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages on February 20, including those of the Bibas family, who have become symbols of the hostage crisis that has gripped Israel since the Gaza war broke out. The transfer of the bodies is the first such handover of remains by Hamas since its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Mohammad Yousef Hasna was arrested in the UK on July 31 and remains in custody as extradition proceedings continue against US charges alleging material support for Hamas.
  • The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into the Al‑Khair Foundation and issued a legal order that restricts certain financial transactions pending its review of trustees’ due diligence and oversight.
  • US prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have unsealed charges that cite intercepted messages and a ledger of nearly £4 million as evidence that aid and funds were diverted to Hamas.
  • Metropolitan Police counter‑terrorism teams and the National Crime Agency executed search warrants in Croydon and are cooperating with US investigators, with reports of Israeli intelligence assistance to the probe.
  • Al‑Khair denies wrongdoing, says Hasna worked for an implementing partner and has filed a Serious Incident Report, but the inquiry and transaction controls pose reputational and operational risks for its humanitarian programmes.