A French cement company will pay $780 million in penalties for supporting ISIS in Syria

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'Never before has a corporation been charged with providing material support and resources to foreign terrorist organizations.'

A French cement company agreed to pay roughly $778 million in financial penalties after pleading guilty in U.S. federal court on Tuesday to paying off terrorist groups in Syria to keep a plant there operational.

The penalty is the largest settlement paid by a private company for providing support to a terrorist organization, the

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