Controversy A former employee of the Qatar Central Bank, Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy, is considered by the US as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. In 2008, the U.S. Department of State described Al-Subaiy as a “Qatar-based terrorist financier and facilitator” for working with al-Qaeda senior leadership, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed described as “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks” in the 9/11 Commission Report. Al-Subaiy provided financial assistance to senior al-Qaeda members in Pakistan and helped extremists reach al-Qaeda training camps in Pakistan. In 2008, the Bahrain High Criminal Court convicted al-Subaiy in absentia for charges of financing terrorism. In March 2008, al-Subaiy was arrested in Qatar but released after six months in September 2009. In a 2014 U.S. Department of Treasury designation of foreign terrorist fighter facilitators, al-Subaiy was described as working with two al-Qaeda financial facilitators in order to transfer “hundreds of thousands of dollars” and “tens of thousands of dollars” to al-Qaeda and the Al-Nusra Front. According to a November 2014 report by the Telegraph, al-Subaiy is living freely in Doha. See also Qatari riyal Economy of Qatar References External links Official site: Qatar Central Bank Banks of Qatar Qatar Banks established in 1973 Companies based in Doha Qatari companies established in 1973