Springfield, Virginia – A 35-year-old man from Springfield will spend more than three decades behind bars after being sentenced for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a group officially designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa was handed a sentence of 30 years and four months in federal prison following his conviction on multiple counts of funding terrorist activity.
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According to court documents and evidence introduced during trial, Chhipa’s involvement in terrorism financing spanned from October 2019 to October 2022. During that time, he engaged in raising, collecting, and transmitting funds to individuals associated with ISIS. His main efforts were focused on supporting female ISIS members who were detained in prison camps in Syria. He provided financial resources to help them escape and further supported ISIS fighters active in the region…