A former Iraqi refugee has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization in Houston, Texas.
Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi, 24, was taken into custody on June 16 with his cousins Mohammed (aka Moe) Amer Faisal Al Qaysi, 26, and Hami Jamshid aka Jamshid Ahmadzai, 32, a naturalized U.S. citizen.
The indictment, returned April 26, alleges that Hafedh Alqaysi conspired to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization defined by the Secretary of State.
Hafedh Alqaysi is also charged with three counts of making a false statement in a naturalization application, including falsely answering that he had never been a member of or associated with a terrorist organization.
Additionally, the indictment alleges that Jamshid procured citizenship or naturalization unlawfully and that the three men conspired to commit wire fraud, devising a scheme to defraud and obtain money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses.
Hafedh Alqaysi faces up to 20 years in federal prison for the material support count, as well as a mandatory two years for identity theft, which must be served consecutively to any other prison term imposed.
The FBI conducted the investigation with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani is prosecuting the case along with DOJ-NSD Trial Attorney Joshua Champagne.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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