NY man sentenced to 13 years in terrorism case

Source: Reuters

NY man sentenced to 13 years in terrorism case

By Edith Honan
Mon Apr 16, 6:43 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn bookstore owner who
pleaded guilty to conspiring to transfer funds to militant
groups in Afghanistan and Chechnya was sentenced on
Monday to 13 years in prison.

Abdulrahman Farhane, 52, was sentenced in Manhattan
federal court after pleading guilty in November to one
count of conspiring to launder money and one count of
lying to federal agents.

During the sentencing, prosecutors said after the
September 11 attacks Farhane met frequently with
Mohamed Alanssi, an FBI informant, and the two
discussed sending money to jihadists.

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Farhane was part of a larger case that accused four
men with conspiring to provide material support to
groups the United States says are involved in terrorist
activities, all of which depended on Alanssi's testimony.

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