(NY Daily News) [An] Uzbek man who plotted to bankroll ISIS wannabes hoping to fight in Syria was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday to 11 years behind bars.
Dilshod Khusanov, 37, admitted to plotting to pay the travel expenses for one of the jihadist hopefuls to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and the al-Nusra Front.
Khusanov lived near Chicago, but the would-be [fighter] he sponsored was from Brooklyn, and was caught trying to pass through John F. Kennedy Airport.
In court filings Khusanov’s lawyer argued that his client had no interest in taking action against America.
“On the contrary, as the referenced conversations reflect, he respected the United States and the freedom it gave him and fellow Muslims to worship,” his attorney, Richard Levitt, wrote.
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