By Lori EhdeFederal investigators are still reviewing documents seized from a Luverne residence on April 17 after bank officials filed "suspicious activity" reports on sizable deposits.Ali Kassim Alinizi has not been charged with a crime and is not in custody, but Dave Heller, supervisor of the Sioux Falls Federal Bureau of Investigation said it’s important to look into any transactions of this nature.He said that Alinizi is presumed innocent until evidence suggests otherwise, but the fact that he was operating a non-registered wire transfer business raises red flags with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.Alinizi reportedly deposited nearly $15,000 between Sept. 4 and Sept. 12, 2001. Late last year and early this year, the John Morrell night cleanup worker made $200,000 in deposits, including $68,000 in cash.Banks involved include Luverne’s First National Bank and two South Dakota banks.Alinizi has told officials he’s helping families in America send money to family members in Iraq.He said he used to send wire transfers, but has stopped because he didn’t have a license.U.S. law requires money transfer businesses to register with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, but Alinizi and his "Ali Western Union" were not registered.Heller said that there were no new developments in the case as of Tuesday. But officials are looking into whether Alinizi’s deposits may be connected to a pair of two brothers in Denver, Qassim Abdulla Jaber Al Samar and Maitham Abdulla Jaber Al Samar, who are accused of illegally sending more than $7 million to Iraq in the past two years.Alinizi, who lives at 403 E. Main St., could not be reached for comment and his listed phone number is no longer in service.
