Kenyan Man Pleads Guilty of Supporting Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda

A Kenyan man has now pleaded guilty to supporting three different terrorist organizations.

27 year old Mohamed Hussein Said, from Nairobi, pleaded guilty to sending money and recruits to Al-Qaeda, its affiliate Al-Nusra Front, and Al-Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militants in Somalia.

According to a statement from the US Justice Department, Said is accused of providing material support to “foreign terrorist organizations,”.

Said was indicted on 15 counts alongside Gufran Ahmed Mohammed, a naturalized US citizen and resident of Saudi Arabia.

The two were arrested together in Saudi Arabia last year and taken to Miami by US Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.

“Mohammed sent a series of wire transfers to Said for the purpose of supporting Al Shabaab,” the Justice Department said.

“Said also served as a contact and recruiter of foreign fighters from the United Kingdom and elsewhere travelling to Somalia to join Al Shabaab.”

The pair also allegedly said they would support Al Qaeda and Al Nusra Front fighters by sending recruits to fight in Syria, according to the Justice Department.

The charges against the two men stemmed from a Miami-based investigation involving an FBI employee who enlisted the pair in a financial scheme to back the terrorist organizations, the Miami Herald newspaper reported earlier this year.

Said’s sentencing is now scheduled for August 14.

If convicted, Said faces a maximum statutory sentence of 15 years in prison.