Overview
- Mansuri Manuchekhri is accused of sending $70,000 to ISIS-linked individuals in Turkey and Syria between 2021 and 2023, allegedly to support families of deceased ISIS fighters.
- Prosecutors allege Manuchekhri trained with firearms at U.S. shooting ranges and sent videos of himself firing assault rifles to ISIS contacts, declaring his readiness to act.
- He entered the U.S. in 2016 on a tourist visa, overstayed, and entered a sham marriage with a Bronx woman in 2017 to attempt to secure legal status.
- Manuchekhri's ex-wife and a family member separately reported him to authorities, citing concerns about potential violence and his ties to ISIS.
- If convicted on charges of providing material support to ISIS, illegal firearm possession, and immigration fraud, he faces up to 45 years in prison.