A suspect in Brooklyn is charged with allegedly providing material support to the ISIS terrorist group.
The US Department of Justice says Mansuri Manuchekhri, 33, facilitated more than $50,000 in payments to ISIS affiliates in Turkey and Syria.
Manuchekhri praised ISIS attacks in the US, collected jihadist propaganda videos, and illegally possessed firearms, the Justice Department says.
Manuchekhri allegedly moved to the US from Tajikistan in 2016 on a tourist visa. He remained in the US after the visa expired and paid a US citizen to hold a “sham marriage” with him to obtain legal status, but failed to get citizenship, a statement says.
He trained at shooting ranges, although he was not legally allowed to do so due to his status as an illegal alien. In 2022, he filmed himself firing an assault rifle at a New Jersey shooting range and sent the video to an ISIS member in Turkey, saying, “Praise God, I am ready, brother.”
Manuchekhri faces a maximum penalty of 45 years in prison if convicted. He is a resident of Sheepshead Bay, a neighborhood in South Brooklyn.
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