Biography
Caught in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement sting along with Haniffa Osman, Reinhard Rusli, Helmi Soedirdja, Erick Wotulo, and Haji Subandi, Thirunavukkarasu Varatharasa intended to buy weapons on behalf of the Tamil Tigers, contacting an undercover FBI business located in Maryland about the sale of weapons. He agreed to send money to an undercover FBI bank account as payment.
Case characteristics: FBI sting operation, FBI confidential informant. Organization referenced in charging documents: Tamil Tigers.
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
Oakdale II FCI