(CNN) -- A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants. Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions. Amina Farah Ali, 36, got two decades in prison on 13 terror-related counts that include providing material support to Al-Shabaab. Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 66, got half of that on one count of conspiracy to support a terror group and lying to authorities. Both women, naturalized U.S. citizens from Somalia, were convicted in October 2011. They were sentenced Thursday in Minneapolis.
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Authorities say they went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods, seeking donations
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One would then funnel the funds to the terror group using various remittance companies
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Both women have maintained the funds were for the poor
In recent years, about 20 @placeholder-American men have traveled from the area to Somalia to train with the terror group, and some have gone on to fight with the militants, according to U.S. officials.