Spanish Police Detain Cox Heir Fergie Chambers in Ibiza on Hamas, Money-Laundering Warrant
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Spanish Police Detain Cox Heir Fergie Chambers in Ibiza on Hamas, Money-Laundering Warrant
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Summary
Ibiza police arrested U.S. citizen James "Fergie" Cox Chambers Jr. on Friday under an international warrant and are holding him in the island’s central jail pending a videoconference judicial hearing on extradition to the United States.
U.S. authorities are seeking Chambers for alleged money laundering and support for Hamas, part of a broader FBI and Justice Department push to trace financing behind violent protest activity and build prosecutable financial-crime cases.
Supporters have called a 7 p.m. Tuesday "Free Fergie Chambers" protest outside the Ibiza prison, casting the case as Trump administration persecution, while critics say the arrest was overdue.
Chambers, born in 1985, is the estranged Cox family heir who left the family business in 2023 with an estimated $250 million payout; Forbes values the wider Cox empire at about $27 billion.
After the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, Chambers became a prominent backer of anti-Israel activist networks including Palestine Action, linking his wealth to causes now under sharper federal scrutiny.