Qns. man with ISIS dreams busted
AUTHORITIES said a Queens man hoped to get to Syria so he could join up with ISIS — but he ended up in federal custody instead.
Parveg Ahmed, 22, was deported from an unspecified country Monday and taken into custody at Kennedy Airport. According to Brooklyn federal prosecutors, Ahmed traveled to Saudi Arabia in June, supposedly to celebrate Ramadan. He and a co-conspirator were detained overseas and turned over to U.S. authorities.
Court papers say authorities found all sorts of jihadi images and information on Ahmed’s phones. Some included justifications of the 9/11 attacks and a message to a third party looking to find a way to get to ISIScontrolled territories.
Ahmed — a dual American-Bangladeshi citizen — was remanded following his arraignment Tuesday on charges of attempting to provide material support to terrorists.
He faces up to 20 years in prison.