A former Bergen County, New Jersey, resident has been arrested and charged with conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Nader Saadeh, 20, a former resident of Rutherford, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with conspiring with other individuals in New Jersey and New York to provide services and personnel to ISIL, and with attempting to provide services and personnel to ISIL. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this and other cases, the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) have been investigating a group of individuals from New York and New Jersey who have allegedly conspired to provide material support to ISIL. Nader Saadeh lived in Rutherford until leaving the country on May 5, 2015, allegedly to join ISIL.
Between 2012 and 2013, Nader Saadeh sent electronic messages expressing his hatred for the United States and desire to form a small army that would include their friends. On July 1, 2014, the day ISIL’s leader declared an Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq, Nader Saadeh posted on his Facebook page images of ISIL’s flag and the flag of the Islamic caliphate.
The FBI obtained computer files showing that Nader Saadeh viewed ISIL propaganda videos and researched the availability of flights to Turkey, which borders Syria, where ISIL claims to control territory. The FBI also obtained electronic messages sent to Nader Saadeh on April 21, 2015, by family members living overseas, including his mother, who pleaded for him not to join ISIL.
Nader Saadeh is charged with one count of conspiring to provide material support to ISIL and one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIL. Each count carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
Defendant name: Nader Saadeh
Criminal charges: Conspiracy to provide material support to ISIL, Attempt to provide material support to ISIL
City and state: Newark, New Jersey
Exact date: May 5, 2015
Sentence or outcome: Scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor
Dollar amounts: $250,000
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- Ali Saleh, Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, New York 2018 · New Jersey
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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