USA v. Juraboev, Abdurasul Hasanovich, et al.
Brooklyn, NY

Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)

[EDNY] Four Brooklyn residents, Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, Abror Habibov, Akhror Saidakhmetov, and Dilkhayot Kasimov, allegedly part of an ISIS Foreign Fighter Local Support Network, were charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Defendants Juraboev and Saidakhmetov planned to travel to Turkey and then to Syria for the purpose of waging violent jihad on behalf of ISIS. Investigations revealed Kasimov urged others to engage in violent jihad and helped facilitate the travel foreign fighters into Syria. A superseding indictment in May 2016 added a fifth defendant, Uzbek national Azizjon Rakhmatov, to the conspiracy. Rakhmatov allegedly contributed funds to send a co-conspirator overseas to join ISIL and to finance the purchase of a firearm once the co-conspirator arrived in Syria. In Jan. 2017, Saidakhmetov, a citizen of Kazakhstan and a resident of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. In Oct. 2017, Uzbek citizen Abdulrasul Hasanovich Juraboev was sentenced to 15 years for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. In Dec. 2017, Saidakhmetov was sentenced to 15 years prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Rakhmatov pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. He provided money to fund travel of co-conspirator to fight on behalf of ISIS. In Sept. 2017, Kasimov was found guilty of conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to ISIS. According to the guilty press release, Kasimov provided money to fund travel of a co-conspirator to fight on behalf of ISIS.

Related Topics: Prosecutions, Terror Financing