Yemeni Immigrant in NY Caught Recruiting for ISIS
Dec 18, 2015 21:22:23 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Dec 18, 2015 21:22:23 GMT -5
YEMENI IMMIGRANT in New York State Caught Recruiting for ISIS (Video)
Jim Hoft Dec 18th, 2015 5:49 pm
A Rochester, New York man and Yemeni immigrant pleaded guilty to trying to recruit for ISIS in Syria.
Mufid Elfgeeh moved to the United States from Yemen.
** Mufid Elfgeeh was arrested in June 2014.
The Hill reported:
The owner of a Rochester, N.Y., pizza parlor pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to recruit people to join Islamic extremists in the Middle East.
The man, 31-year-old Mufid Elfgeeh, used the Internet to find potential supporters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), send them propaganda and support their efforts to join the extremist group in Syria, officials alleged.
To spread his message, Elfgeeh used a combination of three Twitter accounts, 23 Facebook accounts and one WhatsApp account, which he used to seek out funding and support radical fighters, according to details in his plea agreement.
From late 2013 to early 2014, Elfgeeh. a naturalized U.S. citizen from Yemen, began communicating with two people who appeared willing to travel to Syria and join the jihadist fight.
Among other steps, Elfgeeh connected the two people with overseas contacts and bought them a laptop computer and a high-definition camera to use on their journey. He also gave one of the travelers $1,000 in cash to buy two handguns, and paid money so that one of the two people could obtain a copy of his birth certificate.
Unbeknownst to Elfgeeh, both people were cooperating with the FBI.
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Jim Hoft Dec 18th, 2015 5:49 pm
A Rochester, New York man and Yemeni immigrant pleaded guilty to trying to recruit for ISIS in Syria.
Mufid Elfgeeh moved to the United States from Yemen.
** Mufid Elfgeeh was arrested in June 2014.
The Hill reported:
The owner of a Rochester, N.Y., pizza parlor pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to recruit people to join Islamic extremists in the Middle East.
The man, 31-year-old Mufid Elfgeeh, used the Internet to find potential supporters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), send them propaganda and support their efforts to join the extremist group in Syria, officials alleged.
To spread his message, Elfgeeh used a combination of three Twitter accounts, 23 Facebook accounts and one WhatsApp account, which he used to seek out funding and support radical fighters, according to details in his plea agreement.
From late 2013 to early 2014, Elfgeeh. a naturalized U.S. citizen from Yemen, began communicating with two people who appeared willing to travel to Syria and join the jihadist fight.
Among other steps, Elfgeeh connected the two people with overseas contacts and bought them a laptop computer and a high-definition camera to use on their journey. He also gave one of the travelers $1,000 in cash to buy two handguns, and paid money so that one of the two people could obtain a copy of his birth certificate.
Unbeknownst to Elfgeeh, both people were cooperating with the FBI.
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