Overview

• Timur Mamatov, 20, admitted in U.S. District Court on August 15 that he violated the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act by attacking two Jewish students near Ohio State University.
• He acknowledged in court that he targeted the victims because they were Jewish, satisfying the hate-crime element of the federal statute.
• Court filings state that on November 10, 2023, Mamatov confronted five students outside a bar on North High Street in Columbus, fracturing one student’s jaw and breaking another’s nose after confirming their faith.
• The FBI Cincinnati Field Office led the investigation and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division brought the case.
• Under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Mamatov faces up to 10 years in prison, with a judge set to determine his sentence at a future hearing based on advisory guidelines.