Indiana man joins brother in prison after attempt to sell ‘ghost guns’ to ISIS

(Stars and Stripes) An Indiana man who teamed up with his brother to try and sell arms to the Islamic State group has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his crimes, the Justice Department said.

Moyad Dannon’s sentence Wednesday was about four years less than his brother, Mahde Dannon, received in 2021, both for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

“The defendants in this case fused together two grave threats to Americans’ security by attempting to support a brutal terrorist organization through the illicit manufacture of ‘ghost guns,’” Lisa Monaco, deputy attorney general, said in a statement.

In June 2018, the brothers devised a plan to deliver stolen firearms to a convicted felon who was cooperating with the FBI, according to court documents.

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