USA v. Mostafa, Jehad
San Diego, CA

Al Shabaab

[SDCA] Jehad Serwan Mostafa, a U.S. citizen and former San Diego resident, was charged in a 2009 indictment with conspiring to provide material support, including himself as personnel, to terrorists, conspiring to provide material support and providing material support to al-Shabaab a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). A December 2019 superseding indictment charged Mostafa with terrorism violations arising from his critical role in providing support to al-Shabaab. The superseding indictment alleges that from no later than March 2008 through in or about February 2017, Mostafa conspired to provide material support, including himself as personnel, to terrorists; conspired to provide material support and provided material support to al-Shabaab. Mostafa, who is on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List, is currently not in custody and is believed to be in Somalia.

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