Adam Raishani, a\/k\/a \u201cSaddam Mohamed Raishani,\u201d has been charged with conspiring to provide, providing and attempting to provide, and aiding and abetting the provision and attempted provision of material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (\u201cISIS\u201d or the \u201cIslamic State\u201d), a designated foreign terrorist organization, by allegedly facilitating another ISIS supporter\u2019s travel to join ISIS overseas. Raishani had already been charged, in an Indictment filed on June 29, 2017, with attempting to provide material support to ISIS, by allegedly attempting to travel abroad to join ISIS himself. Raishani\u00a0was arrested on June 21, 2017, at John F. Kennedy International Airport (\u201cJFK Airport\u201d) in Queens, New York, as he allegedly attempted to travel overseas to join ISIS. The Superseding Indictment adds charges against Raishani\u00a0for allegedly agreeing to facilitate, and facilitating another individual\u2019s travel to join ISIS abroad in the fall of 2015. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods.<\/p>\n
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As alleged in the Superseding Indictment filed today in Manhattan federal court and the criminal Complaint initially filed against Raishani:<\/p>\n
Beginning in at least the fall of 2015, Raishani\u00a0conspired with another ISIS supporter (\u201cCC-1\u201d) to provide material support to ISIS by means of CC-1 traveling abroad to join and fight for ISIS. On or about October 30, 2015, CC-1 departed from JFK Airport for Istanbul, Turkey. Raishani\u00a0arranged for the transportation of CC-1 from the Bronx, New York, to JFK Airport, and Raishani\u00a0accompanied CC-1 from the Bronx to JFK Airport.<\/p>\n
Raishani\u00a0continued communicating with CC-1 following CC-1\u2019s departure. For example, on or about January 2, 2016, Raishani\u00a0sent an email to CC-1 stating: \u201cGlad tidings brother. Its [sic] been some time since your voyage. I pray to Allah The ALL MIGHTY to grant you success. Until next time.\u201d[2] On or about April 1, 2016, Raishani\u00a0sent another email to CC-1 stating: \u201cI hope Allah has bestowed you what you were seeking. . . . May Allah grant you sincere and clean intentions and make you among the righteous in Janatal Firdaus [a reference to Islamic paradise]. . . . Please return this email and respond to what we agreed upon before your departure. Until next time.\u201d On or about May 3, 2016, CC-1 responded to Raishani, informing Raishani\u00a0that CC-1 was \u201cfine and well,\u201d that CC-1 \u201cwished you [Raishani] were here with me,\u201d and that \u201chere we are living with izza [honor].\u201d<\/p>\n
Also in May 2016, CC-1 posted content on a particular social media application (\u201cApplication-1\u201d) indicating that CC-1 was living in the Islamic State and fighting on its behalf. For example, CC-1 sent messages to another user of Application-1 stating: \u201cI\u2019m living in the Islamic state safely and secure by the permission of Allah,\u201d \u201c[h]ere we are fighting the kuffars [non-believers],\u201d and \u201cI left the land of kuffars now I\u2019m living in the khilafah [the caliphate].\u201d CC-1 also posted a photograph on Application-1 that shows CC-1 carrying an assault rifle and a flag representative of ISIS.<\/p>\n
Between January and June of 2017, Raishani\u00a0engaged in a series of meetings with an individual who was, unbeknownst to Raishani, a confidential source working at the direction of law enforcement (the \u201cCS\u201d). In the course of those meetings, Raishani\u00a0admitted to the CS that, some time ago, he had helped another person to travel overseas to join the Islamic State. Raishani\u00a0told the CS, among other things, that he took that person to JFK Airport and gave him money on the day of his departure for the Islamic State. Raishani\u00a0expressed regret to the CS at not having traveled himself to join ISIS at that time, and Raishani\u00a0revealed that, as of April 2017, he was actively planning to travel abroad to join and serve ISIS. Raishani\u00a0indicated that he aspired to join ISIS in Syria and that he aimed to travel before the end of Ramadan, an Islamic holy month that ran from approximately May 26 through June 24 of this year. In June 2017, Raishani\u00a0made preparations to leave, including by paying off debts and purchasing clothing that he intended to wear for training with ISIS overseas. On June 21, 2017, Raishani\u00a0attempted to board a flight bound for Turkey (via Portugal) at JFK Airport, where he was arrested by the FBI and the NYPD.<\/p>\n
Raishani, 30, of the Bronx, New York, is charged in the Superseding Indictment with three counts of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B, by allegedly conspiring to provide, providing and attempting to provide, and aiding and abetting the provision and attempted provision of material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Adam Raishani, a\/k\/a \u201cSaddam Mohamed Raishani,\u201d has been charged with conspiring to provide, providing and attempting to provide, and aiding and abetting the provision and attempted provision of material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (\u201cISIS\u201d or the \u201cIslamic State\u201d), a designated foreign terrorist organization, by allegedly facilitating another ISIS supporter\u2019s travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":85574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54,4479,31],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n