Fighters of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah take part in a ceremony commemorating the memory of its fallen leaders, in the Ghobeiry neighbourhood of southern Beirut on February 15, 2022. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Alexei Saab, 45, of Morristown, N.J. was accused of being a sleeper agent for the terrorist group Hezbollah. Prosecutors allege Saab was scoping out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington D.C., and abroad in France, Turkey, and the Czech Republic.
  • Charges against Saab include providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to receive military-type training from a designated terrorist organization.
  • Saab may face between 25 to 100 years in prison if convicted.  
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