Connecticut Man Sentenced to 92 Months in Federal Prison for Plotting to Join ISIS
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 28 that Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for plotting to join the terrorist organization ISIS.
According to the Justice Department, Elshazly plotted beginning in September 2018 to travel to the Middle East to join ISIS. On December 14, 2019, he paid $500 to a person he believed to be an ISIS facilitator as part of arrangements to travel abroad to join the group.
Elshazly pleaded guilty on November 30, 2022. The case was investigated by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. The sentence was announced by the Justice Department on September 28. (GSM, based on the U.S. Department of Justice release)
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Photo: 图：位于New Haven的康涅狄格联邦地区法院Richard C. Lee大楼。本案由联邦调查局（FBI）联合反恐特遣队侦办，量刑结果由司法部于9月28日公布。照片：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY 2.0）。The Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse in New Haven, home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The case was investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force; the sentence was announced by the Justice Department on September 28. Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
