Khaberni -The investigations conducted by the relevant authorities revealed illegal financial activities carried out by the banned Muslim Brotherhood group over the past years, both domestically and abroad, with an increased rate of activity in the last 8 years.
The group managed a massive and complex financial network, which sourced its funds from various sources, the most prominent being; fundraising activities conducted illegally by associations active in this field, and from returns on investments made directly and covertly inside and outside the kingdom, in addition to monthly subscriptions from inside Jordan and abroad.
In detail, the investigations and seizures reviewed by "Petra" showed that the group, which is supposed to be dissolved and operating illegally — a fact confirmed by the Supreme Court’s decision in 2020 — acquired tens of millions of dinars under various titles. A portion of this was invested in purchasing apartments outside Jordan, while the money was also used for legally prohibited purposes, including registrations under the names of individuals belonging to the group through direct ownership or shares in some companies.
The investigations have shown—so far—that over 30 million dinars were collected in recent years, with the banned group sending the amounts collected to Arab, regional, and extra-regional countries, while part of the funds was used for political campaigns within the country in 2024, as well as funding activities and cells that were detained and referred to the judiciary.
The competent authorities seized about 4 million dinars on the day the government announced the plot targeting national security in mid-April last year, after individuals tried to hide it in homes and a warehouse north of the capital, Amman, at the request of a driver working for a leader of the banned group.
Following the investigations and the evidence, 11 individuals were detained, and others connected to the case were summoned; their non-detainment was linked to a financial guarantor.
The banned group exploited the events in Gaza to raise funds in ways that violated the law amidst the absence of an announced and transparent mechanism for the fundraising process, which remained undeclared in terms of the fate, source, amount, and delivery methods of the funds to the residents in the sector, without announcing any coordination with any international or relief organizations.
The group relied on two methods of fundraising; one secret, involving fundraising through some associations and branches of the banned Brotherhood (numbering 44 branches) that were operating unlawfully and exploiting premises belonging to a political party, and the second method openly, where it sent to the Hashemite Jordanian Charity Organization what it collected in kind through its branches and some associations managed by individuals affiliated with it, totaling about 413 thousand dinars only (about 1% of the total donations revealed by the investigations which are still ongoing).
The Muslim Brotherhood group surrounded the money collection and its transfer abroad with high secrecy, adopting a mechanism in which roles were distributed among leaders within the group and an individual residing in Amman linked to an external organization. This activity resulted in a highly confidential illegal financial cycle based on suspect financial methods, where the total donations being transferred and delivered by hand, hidden in houses and warehouses, were not announced.
The investigations revealed that money was converted from dinars to dollars before being deposited in a foreign exchange shop in Amman, which faced legal actions as it transferred funds illegally to a foreign exchange shop abroad. In some cases, the funds were packed at the Amman exchange shop and airlifted abroad, and sometimes money was smuggled abroad by a member of the banned group who frequented a particular country.
The banned group used one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Amman to collect donations, protecting its operations with community cover, concealing its activities, and it was noticeable the amount of money that was released from that neighborhood, it turned out not to be the main source for raising funds but rather a destination for those wishing to donate discreetly.
The investigations have shown—up to this moment—the permanent funding sources for the group, which came from the monthly subscriptions of the members (domestically and abroad) and from investing in apartments in a regional country according to the confessions, with an annual total of about 1.9 million dinars according to the preliminary estimates resulting from the investigations.
The money raised and spent illegally was used for political and charitable purposes with political ends, as it was spent on one of the parties, its tools, branches, media campaigns, events, protests, meddling in the professional and student elections, and paying monthly salaries to some politicians affiliated with the group and their promotional campaigns.
