Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 16 Aug 2019, 06:48 am Print
Washington (Sputnik/UNI) An Uzbek national pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiring to support the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) in Syria, the Justice Department said in a press release.
"Azizjon Rakhmatov, 32, a citizen of Uzbekistan and resident of New Haven, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)," the release said on Thursday.
Rakhmatov, the release added, discussed helping co-defendants Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov in traveling to Syria to fight on behalf of the Islamic State. Rakhmatov transferred $400 into the personal bank account of another co-conspirator to facilitate Saidakhmetov’s travel and cover expenses.
Today’s plea took place before US District Court Judge William Kuntz, according to the release.
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