SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Russian national who resided in Sacramento was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison for trying to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization.
Federal prosecutors announced 37-year-old Murat Kurashev's prison sentence Monday after they said he used money transfer services to send about $13,000 to a U.S.-designated terrorist organization in Syria known as Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
Court documents showed he followed online fundraisers and social media accounts soliciting money to purchase military equipment.
Kurashev's online storage account also revealed violent extremist content and a video depicting HTS fighters, federal prosecutors said.
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