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Mansuri Manuchekhri, 33, lived in Brooklyn, New York,
and paid an
American woman to enter into a sham marriage with
him, federal
prosecutors said
Louis Casiano By Louis Casiano Fox News
Published February 27, 2025 4:55pm EST

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-isis- operative-charged-financing-terror-firearms-
violations-immigration-fraud

A Tajik man living in the United States illegally was
charged with
trying to provide support to the Islamic State and
affiliated terror
groups, including providing money to the families of
terrorists killed
on the battlefield, the Justice Department said
Wednesday.

Mansuri Manuchekhri, 33, who lived in Brooklyn, New
York, appeared
before a federal judge Wednesday and was ordered to
be detained,
authorities said. He also faces charges of possessing
guns while
unlawfully in the U.S. and immigration fraud,
according to court documents.

"Under no circumstances will my Department of Justice
tolerate
terrorism," said Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Manuchekhri allegedly facilitated $70,000 in payments
to individuals
affiliated with ISIS in Turkey and Syria, including
to someone arrested
for his alleged role in an attack on a church in
Istanbul last year
during a morning mass.

The Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K,
claimed responsibility
for the attack.

"As alleged, the defendant, who was in the United
States illegally, not
only facilitated tens of thousands of dollars in
contributions to ISIS
extremists overseas, but trained with assault rifles
at shooting ranges
in the United States and declared his readiness to
ISIS," U.S. Attorney
John Durham said.

Manuchekhri traveled to the U.S. from Tajikistan in
June 2016 on a
non-immigrant tourist visa and remained in the
country after his visa
expired in December 2016.

In March 2017, Manuchekhri allegedly paid an American
citizen to enter
into a sham marriage so he could obtain legal status.
However, his
petition was denied after he failed to provide
certain supporting
documentation, the Justice Department said.

The FBI was alerted to Manuchekhri, a truck driver
who frequently
traveled throughout the U.S., in August 2024 after a
family member
contacted the New York State Terrorism Tips Hotline
and expressed
concern Manuchekhri might commit acts of violence.

The family member said Manuchekhri had threatened to
kill them multiple
times.

Between December 2021 and April 2023, Manuchekhri
sent around $70,000 to
people connected to ISIS in Turkey and Syria, federal
prosecutors said.
He also communicated with someone in Turkey who said
the money would be
given to ISIS or ISIS-K members and their family
members, the court
documents state.

In addition, Manuchekhri praised ISIS attacks and has
multiple ISIS
propaganda videos on his iCloud account. He also
possessed multiple guns
and frequently visited shooting ranges.

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