- Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, N.Y., was convicted of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS.
- The jury also found that Asainov’s provision of material support to ISIS resulted in the death of one or more people.
- Asainov converted to Islam in 2009 and subsequently became increasingly interested in Islamic extremism. By the fall of 2013, he was consuming radical Islamic content online. In September 2013, he began making preparations to travel to Syria to wage violent jihad.
- Asainov faces up to life in prison. Read More
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