Wali Khan Amin Shah

Wali Khan Amin Shah (He had many aliases, including Osama Turkestani) was an Al-Qaida member that allegedly controlled the purse strings for the foiled Project Bojinka terrorist attack plot.

Shah, an Afghan had fought with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. After that, he went to Manila, Philippines and laundered money to the project through several individuals, including his girlfriend. The money came from Konsojaya, a front company set up by Indonesian terrorist Riduan Isamuddin, better known as "Hambali". He was on the board of directors of the company, and he owned half of the shares of the company.

Shah carried several false passports under various aliases, including Norwegian, Saudi, Safghan, and four Pakistani aliases.

After the project was foiled on January 5, 1995, he was arrested by Manila police at an apartment on Singalong Street, but he escaped on a short order 77 hours later. He was given a false passport with the name "Osama Turkestani" on it so that he could escape. He was arrested in Malaysia in December of that year, before he was sent to American authorities.

When investigators found Shah, he had mangled hands and was missing two of his ten fingers. His legs were heavily scraped by shrapnel, and he had a surgical scar on his stomach.

Ramzi Yousef was arrested in Pakistan in February 1995.

Shah has not been sentenced yet. He has been cooperating with the United States Government since August 1998.