Overview
- Clift Seferlis, 55, pleaded guilty to 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs before U.S. District Judge Mark A. Kearney.
- From March 2024 through June 2025, he admitted sending at least 40 letters and two postcards to more than 25 Jewish organizations across Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts.
- Many communications threatened to destroy buildings or injure people, and several referenced a dangerous weapon, fire, or explosives.
- Targets included synagogues, museums, community centers, schools, nonprofits, and a Jewish delicatessen, with prosecutors stating the threats aimed to impede worship.
- He faces a statutory maximum of 169 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $5.65 million fine, and authorities credited the FBI, Postal Inspection Service, local police, and Jewish security partners for assistance.