Overview

• Ashraf al Safoo was found guilty on 11 federal counts, including providing material support to ISIS, conspiracy to transmit threats and computer fraud.
• U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey acquitted him on a lone count tied to a $400 wire transfer for lack of evidence that he knew the recipient’s ISIS affiliation.
• Key evidence included extensive digital forensics and a videotaped deposition of convicted ISIS propagandist Yasir al Anzi from Baghdad.
• Prosecutors say al Safoo ran the Khattab Media Foundation as an online propaganda operation that produced violent imagery and recruitment materials.
• He faces up to 130 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for October 9, 2025.