Overview
- U.S. prosecutors unsealed terrorism charges in Manhattan after he was arrested overseas and transferred to American custody.
- The complaint alleges he directed or claimed at least 18 attacks in Europe and two in Canada, including a bank bombing in Amsterdam, a foiled Paris plot, a synagogue attack, and gunfire at the U.S. consulate in Toronto.
- He allegedly asked an undercover officer to strike a New York synagogue and Jewish centers in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, offering $10,000 in cryptocurrency and sending photos and maps.
- He faces six counts that include providing material support to Kata'ib Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, conspiring to murder U.S. nationals, and plotting to bomb a public place, which could carry a life sentence.
- FBI Director Kash Patel labeled him a high‑value target, while his lawyer called him a political prisoner and said he has been held in solitary confinement at a Brooklyn jail.