Illinois man charged with fundraising for ISIS terrorists

A 31-year-old truck driver living in west suburban Villa Park, Ill. was arrested by the FBI on Thursday on charges out of New York that alleged he raised money in 2015 to help send fighters from the U.S. to ISIS fronts in Syria.

At a hearing in federal court in Chicago, prosecutors asked that Dilshod Khusanov, a native of Uzbekistan, be detained as a flight risk and danger to the community.

He would then be taken to Brooklyn to face the two-count indictment charging him with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State and a second terrorist organization, al-Nusrah Front. Each count carries a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted.

U.S. Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman will rule on the removal proceedings next week after an attorney for Khusanov asked for more time to speak with his client about his rights.

Khusanov was arrested just after 6 a.m. Thursday at his home in Villa Park, authorities said. Public records show he’d lived there only a short time, with previous addresses listed in New York.

In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors said Khusanov has been working as a truck driver and “frequently travels across the East Coast.”

Khusanov appeared in court dressed in a red-and-white checkered shirt, khaki pants and bright red gym shoes, with shackles clanking around his ankles.

Source: Strypes