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From the New York Post: A machine gun fanatic living in the country illegally was charged Wednesday with supporting ISIS — after his ex-wife ratted him out for getting a “sham” green-card marriage to a Bronx stripper, The Post has learned.
Mansuri Manuchekhri, a Tajikstan-born truck driver living in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, funneled $70,000 to “ISIS-affiliated individuals” between December 2021 and April 2023 — believing that the money was going to the families of slain ISIS fighters, the feds charged.
He also allegedly boasted to his terror-sympathizer buddies overseas about his firearms prowess.
“Thank God, I am ready, brother,” Manuchekhri, 34, texted a Turkish contact alongside a 17-second video of him firing an assault rifle at a target at a New Jersey shooting range, according to a federal complaint.
“I go for training at least once or twice a week,” he boasted to the same man alongside a similar video, court papers allege.
The Department of Justice shared the following details in a press release:
As alleged in the complaint, Manuchekhri traveled to the United States from Tajikistan in June 2016 on a non-immigrant tourist visa and remained in the country after his visa expired in December 2016. In March 2017, Manuchekhri paid an American citizen to enter into a sham marriage with him so that he could obtain legal status in the United States. However, he failed to provide supporting documentation that was requested of him and his petition was never granted.
As alleged in the complaint, Manuchekhri traveled to the United States from Tajikistan in June 2016 on a non-immigrant tourist visa and remained in the country after his visa expired in December 2016. In March 2017, Manuchekhri paid an American citizen to enter into a sham marriage with him so that he could obtain legal status in the United States. However, he failed to provide supporting documentation that was requested of him and his petition was never granted.
From approximately December 2021 through April 2023, while residing in Brooklyn, Manuchekhri facilitated more than $50,000 in payments to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Turkey and Syria, including to an individual who was later arrested by Turkish authorities for his alleged involvement in a January 2024 terrorist attack on a church in Istanbul for which ISIS-K publicly claimed responsibility. Manuchekhri expressed his support for ISIS to others by praising past ISIS attacks in the United States and by collecting jihadi propaganda videos promoting violence and martyrdom.
The complaint further alleges that Manuchekhri possessed and used firearms and made frequent visits to shooting ranges even though he was prohibited from doing so as an alien unlawfully in the United States. In February 2022, Manuchekhri recorded himself firing an assault rifle at a shooting range in New Jersey and sent the video to one of the ISIS-affiliated individuals in Turkey with the message, “Praise God, I am ready, brother.”
Tajik National Arrested in Brooklyn for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Defendant Also Charged with Illegally Possessing Firearms and Immigration Fraud
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— National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) February 27, 2025
A Sheepshead Bay man living in the U.S. illegally was arrested Wednesday after his ex-wife tipped off authorities. Mansuri Manuchekhri, 34, allegedly sent $70,000 to ISIS affiliates, trained with firearms, and overstayed his visa. He faces up to 45 years in prison for… pic.twitter.com/Fb4n6DgnEM
— The Jewish Voice (@TJVNEWS) February 27, 2025
*ISIS Financier Arrested in Brooklyn After Transferring $70,000 for Terror Plot*
Mansuri Manuchekhri, a Tajikistan national residing illegally in Brooklyn, was arrested for transferring $70,000 to ISIS operatives in Turkey and Syria. He also conducted combat training with… pic.twitter.com/G8hwG8AKIq
— The Jewish Voice (@TJVNEWS) February 27, 2025
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