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The 33-year-old, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, is a 2023 graduate of the University of the Pacific, gave the money and weapons to an undercover law-enforcement officer he thought was an ISIS member in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. He faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California confirmed to JNS that the suspect is a state EPA employee. (The phone line listed for Akhtar at his state office appeared to be disconnected.)
A California EPA spokesperson told JNS that “we became aware of this situation after the arrest and intend to fully cooperate with the federal investigation.”
Akhtar made threatening statements “associated with his radical ideology” in discussions on social-media applications with the undercover agent, per the complaint. “Soon akhi,” he allegedly wrote (using the Arabic for “my brother”), the “day will come when the head of every evil, dirty Jew and their slaves, the cross worshippers, will have their heads plucked like a chicken.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California confirmed to JNS that the suspect is a state EPA employee. (The phone line listed for Akhtar at his state office appeared to be disconnected.)
A California EPA spokesperson told JNS that “we became aware of this situation after the arrest and intend to fully cooperate with the federal investigation.”
Akhtar made threatening statements “associated with his radical ideology” in discussions on social-media applications with the undercover agent, per the complaint. “Soon akhi,” he allegedly wrote (using the Arabic for “my brother”), the “day will come when the head of every evil, dirty Jew and their slaves, the cross worshippers, will have their heads plucked like a chicken.”
