Mohamed Hussein Said, Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorist Organizations, Florida 2015

A 27-year-old man from Nairobi, Kenya, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to three designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations: al-Qa’ida, al-Qa’ida in Iraq/al-Nusrah Front (“AQI/al-Nusrah Front”), and al-Shabaab.

Mohamed Hussein Said faces a maximum statutory sentence of fifteen years in prison for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B.

Sentencing for Said is scheduled for August 14, 2015, before U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro.

The defendant was charged along with Gufran Ahmed Mohammed in a fifteen-count indictment with conspiring to provide, and attempting to provide, material support to the Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Said pled guilty to count 1 of the indictment, charging that Said conspired with Mohammed and other individuals to provide money and recruits to al-Qa’ida, AQI/al-Nusrah Front in Syria, and al-Shabaab in Somalia.

Mohammed sent a series of wire transfers to Said for the purpose of supporting al-Shabaab, and to an individual whom they believed was a fundraiser, recruiter, and supplier for al-Qa’ida and AQI/al-Nusrah Front for the purpose of supporting al-Qa’ida and AQI/al-Nusrah Front. Said also served as a contact and recruiter of foreign fighters from the United Kingdom and elsewhere traveling to Somalia to join al-Shabaab.

Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian Frazier and Ricardo Del Toro and Trial Attorney Jolie Zimmerman from the Counterterrorism Section of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

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