Former New York stockbroker convicted of leaving the US to join ISIS as a weapons instructor and sniper

Wed, 02/08/2023 - 06:18

Ruslan Maratovich Asainov in courtroom sketch — In this courtroom sketch, Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, right, appears in federal court.
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A New Yorker was convicted on Tuesday of providing material support to the Islamic State in Syria.
He abandoned his family and job as a stockbroker in Brooklyn to go to Syria, per AP.
Ruslan Maratovich Asainov trained an estimated 100 fighters on how to use weapons, the DOJ said.

A New York man was convicted on Tuesday of providing material support to the Islamic State group in Syria, resulting in the deaths of one or more people, the Depart of Justice said in a press release.