Dec. 16 (UPI) — A Virginia man faces decades in prison after being convicted of providing ISIS “material support” via a crypto financial scheme, the U.S. government announced on Monday.
According to a release , 35-year-old Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, of Springfield was convicted Friday by a jury in Virginia on charges stemming from allegations that he gave support in various different forms to the foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or more commonly known as ISIS.
He is expected to be sentenced on May 5 by a federal judge.
Chhipa is an Indian national who later became a U.S. citizen. He was arrested in May of last year in a warrant signed by U.S. District Judge Lindsey R. Vaala of the Eastern District of Virginia, according to court filings …