Somalian Indicted Over Ties to ‘Terrorist Front’
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Somalian national has been indicted for allegedly lying about receiving money from an Islamic charity that the U.S. government has labeled a terrorist front, officials said Friday.
Omar Abdi Mohamed, 41, purportedly denied, when applying for U.S. citizenship, that he had received money from the Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation.
Mohamed is in federal prison in downtown San Diego, awaiting arraignment. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
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