The funds that were allegedly received and distributed by Myrna Mabanza, a suspected financier of Al-Qaeda and a supporter of the Islamic State, were used in the five-month Marawi siege in 2017, government officials said Friday.
Emmett Manantan of the Anti-Money Laundering Council confirmed that the suspect Myrna Mabanza used money service businesses to transfer funds to members of the Abu Sayyaf Group