USA v. Kurbanov, Fazliddin
Boise, ID

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

[DID] Fazliddin Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national living in Boise, ID, was arrested in May 2013 for planning to attack military bases in Idaho, Texas, and New York with remotely detonated bombs. He was charged in two separate indictments for conspiring to provide support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and disbursing information relating to the manufacture and use of an explosive or weapon of mass destruction. In Jan. 2016, Kurbanov was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Kurbanov was also charged with trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was serving his sentence. He pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder of a federal officer.

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