A Brooklyn, New York, man has been indicted for allegedly trying to support the terrorist group ISIS, federal officials announced today. Dilkhayot Kasimov, 26, was charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. He is the fourth Brooklyn resident to be indicted in the alleged plan. Kasimov, who is charged along with three other men whose arrests were announced on February 25, is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday before U.S. District Judge William F. Kuntz II of the Eastern District of New York. Kasimov, along with another man, Abror Habibov, allegedly helped fund the efforts of Akhror Saidakhmetov to travel to Turkey and then to Syria to fight for ISIS, federal officials said. He allegedly brought $1,600 to Saidakhmetov on February 25 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, where he was attempting to board a flight to Istanbul. Saidakhmetov was arrested before he could get on the plane. "Kasimov served as a money man in support of a co-defendant's efforts to join ISIL," said Assistant Director in Charge Diego Rodriguez of the FBI's New York Field Office. "He provided encouragement and facilitated travel for foreign fighters." The fourth man allegedly involved, Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, previously purchased a plane ticket to travel from New York to Istanbul and had been scheduled to leave the United States in March. "Money is the oxygen that fuels terrorism," NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said. "This investigation proves again that we will leave no stone unturned to disrupt the finance, support, or membership in terrorist organizations like ISIL."
