Brooklyn man who gave cash to wannabe ISIS fighter found guilty in federal court

September 24, 2019   

(NY Daily News) A Brooklyn man who handed a wannabe ISIS fighter a stack of cash to cover his travel and weapon expenses bought himself a prison term Tuesday instead.

Dilkhayot Kasimov was convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday of trying to support the terror group.

Kasimov, 31, drove to JFK Airport in February 2015, and over the course of just three minutes, found the would-be terrorist and handed him $1,600.

Security footage showed Kasimov stroll into Terminal 7, leave three minutes later and then come and go a second time.

The ISIS hopeful, Akhror Saidakhmetov, then 19, was about to board a flight to Istanbul, then head to Syria, but the feds intercepted him at the airport and arrested him.

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