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Ali Asad Chandia

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2010s
State:Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
8 Years 4 Months 10 Days
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Biography

Ali Asad Chandia was a third-grade teacher who provided material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba. He was a driver for Lashkar officer Mohammed Khan, a member of the Virginia jihad network, and helped ship $50,000 worth of paintball pellets from the United States to Pakistan. Prosecutors allege that he was trained at the Lashkar-e-Taiba camp, but he was not convicted on training charges.

Case characteristics: FBI confidential informant, FISA surveillance, cooperated with prosecutors. Organization referenced in charging documents: Taliban.

Case data and description from The Intercept's Trial and Terror project (Trevor Aaronson and Margot Williams), licensed CC BY-NC. Source: https://github.com/theintercept/trial-and-terror-data

Case

Pollock FCI
Charges: material support
Sentenced: Mar 9, 2011
Incarcerated: Mar 9, 2011
Released: Jul 19, 2019
Sentence: 15 Years Verdict as recorded: Yes — federal conviction; sentenced to 15 Years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Louisiana