Profiles
Tarik Shah
| Charge Date: | Mon Jun. 27, 2005 |
| Investigation Type(s): | Agent Provocateur, Informant, Sting |
| Charges: | Material support for terrorists |
| Outcome: | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions: | Material support for terrorists |
| State: | New York |
| Alleged Affiliation: | Al Qaeda |
| Description: | Shah, a jazz musician and martial arts instructor, was introduced to an undercover informant at a bookstore in Brooklyn. The two discussed jihad, training plans, and supporting terrorism. Shah expressed his willingness to recruit others start a homegrown cell. He was arrested after pledging allegiance to Al Qaeda. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. |
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