Tajik’s man living in the United States is illegally charged with attempted provide support Islamic State and related terrorist groups, including providing money to the families of terrorists killed on the battlefield, the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday.
Mansuri Manuchekhri, 33, who lived in Brooklyn, New York, appeared before the federal judge on Wednesday and was ordered to be detained, the authorities said. He also faces accusations of possession of weapons, while illegal in the United States -in immigration fraud, according to court documents.
“By no means under any conditions my Ministry of Justice will not tolerate terrorism,” said Pamo Bondi lawyer.
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Manusuri Manuchekhri, 33, in the picture of the weapon, is accused of supporting the Islamic State and Immigration Fraud. (Ministry of Justice)
Manuchekhri allegedly facilitated $ 70,000 payments to individuals associated with ISIS in Turkey And Syriaincluding someone arrested for his alleged role in the attack on the Istanbul church last year during the morning Mass.
The Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or Isis-K, took responsibility for the attack.
“As allegedly, the defendant, who was illegally in the United States, not only made tens of thousands of dollars with the extremists Isis abroad, but trained rifles in shooting in the United States and declared his readiness ISIS,” said US lawyer John Durham.
Manuchekhri traveled to the USA from Tajikistan In June 2016 on a tourist visa that is not an immigrant and remained in the country after his visa expired in December 2016.
In March 2017, Manuchekhri allegedly paid an American citizen to get into a false marriage so he could get legal status. However, his petition was rejected after failing to provide some practical documentation, the Ministry of Justice said.
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Isis has long led employment and a propaganda war online. (Reuters)
The FBI was alerted to Manuchekhri, a truck driver who often traveled around the USA, in August 2024 after a family member contacted Tips for Terrorism in New York Hotline and expressed concern Manuchekhri could commit violence.
A family member said Manuchekhri threatened to kill them several times.
Between December 2021 and April 2023, Manuchekhri sent about $ 70,000 related to the ISIS in Turkey and Syria, said Federal Prosecutors. Also communicated with someone in Turkey who said he would give money ISIS or ISIS-K Members and their family members, the court said.
In addition, Manuchekhri praised Isis attacks on his account ICloud has more Isis of propaganda videos. He also owned more weapons and often visited the shooting.
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His account iCloud had more pictures of him with a weapon, federal prosecutors said.
If convicted, Manuchekhri faces up to 45 years in prison.
