Long Beach Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Charging Him with Sending a Dozen Payments to Suspected ISIS Terrorists

A Long Beach man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he sent a dozen payments to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, a felony offense that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

Villanueva, who is a lawful permanent resident from the Philippines, is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles…

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