Post by Logan on Jan 15, 2016 1:57:19 GMT -6
A Sacramento man who emigrated from Syria was indicted on federal charges Thursday after prosecutors said he lied about returning to the country two years ago and fighting on the side of extremist groups.
A grand jury returned an indictment that charged Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, whose arrest was announced last week, with one count of making a false statement involving international terrorism, said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
During an Oct. 6, 2014 interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Al-Jayab allegedly denied that he had once belonged to a “rebel group or militia” or “provided material support for any person or group engaged in terrorist activity.”
He also allegedly lied when telling officers he traveled to Turkey in late 2013 and early 2014 to visit his grandmother.
Continue reading at www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sacramento-man-indicted-on-terrorism-charge-6760673.php .
A grand jury returned an indictment that charged Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, whose arrest was announced last week, with one count of making a false statement involving international terrorism, said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
During an Oct. 6, 2014 interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Al-Jayab allegedly denied that he had once belonged to a “rebel group or militia” or “provided material support for any person or group engaged in terrorist activity.”
He also allegedly lied when telling officers he traveled to Turkey in late 2013 and early 2014 to visit his grandmother.
Continue reading at www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sacramento-man-indicted-on-terrorism-charge-6760673.php .