New York man sentenced to 15 years in prison for support to Islamic State
By Kanishka Singh
(Reuters) – A Uzbekistan citizen who’s a resident of New York Metropolis who was convicted of conspiring to and making an attempt to supply materials help to Islamic State was sentenced to fifteen years in jail on Friday, the U.S. Justice Division mentioned.
Dilkhayot Kasimov, 34, was convicted of each counts following a trial in 2019. He was charged in 2015.
“Kasimov is an ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) supporter who collected and gave cash to a different particular person to fund his journey to hitch the terrorist group. With this sentence, Kasimov is being held accountable for his crimes,” Matthew Olsen, assistant lawyer basic for nationwide safety, mentioned in an announcement.
The USA manufacturers Islamic State a “overseas terrorist group.”
“Kasimov was a part of a bunch of people who sought to journey to Syria to hitch ISIS or to fund others who sought to change into overseas fighters for ISIS,” Olsen mentioned.
A consultant of Kasimov couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon Friday.
In 2015, Kasimov’s co-conspirators, Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov, deliberate to journey to Syria to struggle on behalf of Islamic State, the Justice Division mentioned, including that Kasimov supplied cash to assist fund Saidakhmetov’s journey and bills.
Juraboev and Saidakhmetov beforehand had been every sentenced to fifteen years in jail. The case was probed by the FBI.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Modifying by Leslie Adler)
