15 years in prison for man convicted in Florida of terror support in FBI chat room sting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his conviction in South Florida of supporting terrorism in a case in which an FBI employee posed online as a terror financing middleman.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami reports that 31-year-old Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
Mohammed is a naturalized U.S. citizen from India who relocated in 2011 to Saudi Arabia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors say an undercover FBI employee used the chat room to pretend to work with Mohammed on financing for al-Qaida and affiliated terror groups in Syria and East Africa.
Another defendant, Mohamed Hussein Said of Kenya, is maintaining his not guilty plea.