(Philadelphia Inquirer) A former student at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington campus pleaded guilty Friday to lying in federal documents about whether he’d ever communicated with ISIS sympathizers or other potential terrorists.
Kamal Fataliev, 20, a Russian citizen who was also a legal permanent U.S. resident, wrote in a 2023 application to become an American citizen that he had no ties to such groups, even though he’d been sharing information about weapons, guerrilla warfare, and toxins with extremists online since 2022, according to court testimony.
Fataliev, who has been incarcerated since last year, is expected to be deported following an upcoming sentencing hearing. He said little in court on Friday while appearing before U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III. Fataliev’s attorney, Jonathan McDonald, declined to comment afterward.
