Profiles
Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy
| Charge Date: | Thu Sep. 14, 2006 |
| Investigation Type(s): | Informant, Sting |
| Charges: | Criminal conspiracy, Funding terrorists, Material support for terrorists |
| Outcome: | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions: | Material support for terrorists |
| State: | New York |
| Alleged Affiliation: | Tamil Tigers |
| Description: | Vinayagamoorthy, along with Vijayashanthar Patpanathan, Thavaraja Pratheepan, and Nachimuthu Socrates, was accused of providing material support to the Tamil Tigers. The group allegedly bribed informants posing as a State Department officials in an attempt to get the United States to take the Tamil Tigers off its terrorism list. Vinayagamoorthy was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. |
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