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ISIL Supporter Pleads Guilty
BOSTON – A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston for conspiring to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Nicholas Alexander Rovinski, 25, of Warwick, R.I., pleaded guilty to conspiring with David Daoud Wright and Usaamah Abdullah Rahim to provide material support to ISIL. Rovinski, also known as Nuh Amriki and Nuh Andalusi, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the charge of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
The charge of conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, in which the defendants intended to kill or maim persons in the United States, provides for a maximum sentence of life in prison, a lifetime supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties.
Rovinski and Wright were charged with conspiring with each other, known and unknown conspirators, and Rahim, Wright’s uncle, to provide material support to ISIL and commit acts of terrorism that transcended national boundaries. On June 2, 2015, Rahim was shot and killed after he confronted and threatened law enforcement officers in Roslindale, Mass.
According to court documents, Rovinski admitted to discussing plans with Wright and Rahim to commit attacks and kill persons inside the United States in support of ISIL’s objectives. Their attack plans included the beheading of a New York woman whom ISIL had identified for murder through a “fatwah” or religious decree.
The investigation was conducted by the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Rhode Island Joint Terrorism Task Force with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s National Security Division; and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement today. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney B. Stephanie Siegmann of Ortiz’s National Security Unit and Trial Attorney Gregory R. Gonzalez of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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