A New York man who had joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been found guilty of providing material support to the terrorist group.
27-year-old Mohammed Amin, a former sniper for ISIS, was arrested in 2017 and has now been convicted by a federal court in Manhattan. The jury found him guilty on two counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and one count of possessing a firearm and ammunition in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The government presented evidence that Amin had travelled to the Middle East in 2015 to join the Islamic State and become a sniper for the terrorist group, providing material support to the organization. Amin was captured by Kurdish forces in Iraq in 2016 and then transferred to US authorities.
“Amin travelled to the Middle East to join a foreign terrorist organization and serve as a sniper in its ranks,” said Assistant Attorney General John Demers, in a statement. “Thanks to the dedication and skill of the prosecutors and agents who investigated this case, Amin will now be held to account for his hateful and violent actions.”
Amin is scheduled to be sentenced in October, and he faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in prison.