A citizen of Uzbekistan residing in Brooklyn was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday for conspiring and providing material support to the terrorist organization ISIS.
Dilkhayot Kasimov, 34, was convicted following a one-week trial in September 2019 after assisting Abdurasul Juraboev and Akhror Saidakhmetov, both of whom planned to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS back in 2015. Kasimov collected cash for the trip from co-conspirators, Abror Habibov and others, adding his contribution, and transferred $1,600 to Saidakhmetov at the John F. Kennedy International Airport.
“Kasimov is an ISIS supporter who collected and gave money to another individual to fund his travel to join the terrorist group. With this sentence, Kasimov is being held accountable for his crimes,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen in the Justice Department’s June 3 news release….