ISIS, al-Qaeda
United States v. Erald Alimehmeti
Status: Erald Alimehmeti: Charged, November 22, 2024
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS, al-Qaeda
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 842; 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- November 22, 2024
Primary Sources
- Dual U.S. and Albanian Citizen Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives, Office of Public Affairs, November 22, 2024
- Former Bronx Resident Arrested For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS And Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, November 22, 2024
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Erald Alimehmeti
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, November 22, 2024)
- From the DOJ release:
FBI Assistant Director in Charge James E. Dennehy said: “Erald Alimehmeti not only allegedly attempted to provide material support to ISIS by trying to recruit and train who he believed to be like minded individuals online, but also repeatedly shared multiple instructions on how to make explosives for use in a terrorist attack.
- Age
- 33 (per DOJ release of November 22, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- attempting to provide material support to ISIS and distributing instructional information regarding the making of explosives
- Charging statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B; 18 U.S.C. § 842
- Charged or arrested
- November 22, 2024
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Erald Alimehmeti," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-alimehmeti-2024/