ISIS in America: 3 charged with terror–tied crimes
Feds say Maryland, Illinois targeted for attacks
CHERYL CHUMLEY
WND.com
Dec. 15, 2015
A 30-year-old Maryland man named Mohamed Elshinawy was arrested and accused in a court hearing of receiving almost $9,000 from ISIS to finance a terrorist attack in the United States.
And that’s just after a couple of Illinois men were arrested and charged with planning to attack a military armory with grenades.
Elshinawy was arrested Friday and charged this week in federal court with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization – specifically, ISIS.
“According to the allegations in the complaint, Mohamed Elshinawy received money he believed was provided by ISIL in order to conduct an attack on U.S. soil,” said the FBI, in a statement reported by CNN.
In the complaint, Elshinawy was accused of taking $8,700 via Western Union and PayPal for “nefarious purposes” from overseas individuals tied to ISIS, the FBI reported.
Authorities were first alerted to the suspect after he received $1,000 from a source in Egypt last July, and contacted him for a “noncustodial interview,” CNN reported.
Elshinawy apparently admitted he took the money, but said he was only trying to scam the terror group.
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