In the early 1980's The Muslim Brotherhood, with members of the Bin Laden family, began operating an Islamic bank, the Al Taqwa. The Al Taqwa (Arabic for "piety") network of financial companies was set up in 1988 by prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably Al Taqwa's chairman and co-founder, Youssef Nada. Later, Ahmed Huber, a vocal admirer of the Muslim Brotherhood, was hired because the company needed at least one Swiss citizen on its board. Huber was also a Muslim convert. The banks assets were frozen in the days after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks for allegedly having direct ties to notable Islamic fundamnetlist groups such as Hamas and Al Qaeda. Meanwhile other financial links to Al Qaeda, such as Mohammad Salah, captured in Israel where he admitted that there were a number of militant groups operating inside the United States. Chicago FBI agent, Robert Wright Jr. will later become part of an FBI operation, Vulgar Betrayal, where he would uncover a number of Islamic charities and militant orgaznaition operating with Al Taqwa, and other charities. However his investigations were hindered by his superiors. Meanwhile the CIA and Israeli Mossad would conduct covert operations inside the United States and Sudan.