MIAMI (AP) — An elderly Muslim cleric was convicted Monday by a Miami jury of providing thousands of dollars in financial support to the Pakistani Taliban.
The jury returned its verdict in the two-month-long trial of Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, a 77-year-old imam at a Miami mosque who was was found guilty of two conspiracy counts and two counts of providing material support to terrorists.
Each charge carries a potential 15-year prison sentence.
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Prosecutors built their case largely around hundreds of FBI recordings of conversations in which Khan expressed support for Taliban attacks and discussed sending about $50,000 to Pakistan.
Khan testified the money was for family, charity and business reasons. Khan also said he lied to an FBI informant about Taliban support in hopes of obtaining $1 million from him.
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