Nearly 1,000 military families and veterans are demanding the DOJ release $777 million sitting in a federal asset forfeiture fund — money paid by French cement giant Lafarge/Amrize after it admitted to funneling over $6.5 million to ISIS to keep its Syrian factory running in ISIS-controlled territory.
A French court convicted Lafarge/Amrize in April 2026 of materially supporting terrorism, sentencing its former CEO to six years in prison. The company had already settled with the U.S. DOJ in 2022, but the funds have never been distributed to victims.
Among the plaintiffs is Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy, left a quadriplegic by an ISIS booby trap in Syria, and Hailey Dayton, whose father was the first American killed by ISIS in Syria in 2016. The decision to release the funds now rests with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The DOJ says it is committed to compensating victims but has offered no timeline.