ISIS
United States v. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa
Status: Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa: Sentenced, May 8, 2025
- District
- Eastern District of Virginia
- Docket number
- 1:23-cr-97
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- December 16, 2024
Primary Sources
- Virginia Man Convicted for Crypto Financing Scheme to ISIS, Office of Public Affairs, December 16, 2024
- Federal jury convicts Springfield man for crypto financing scheme to ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia, December 16, 2024
- Man Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Prison for Crypto-Terror Financing Scheme, Office of Public Affairs, May 8, 2025
- Springfield man sentenced to over 30 years in prison for crypto-terror financing scheme, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia, May 8, 2025
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, May 8, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from at least October 2019 through October of 2022, Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, collected and sent money to female ISIS members in Syria to benefit ISIS in various ways, including by financing the escape of female ISIS members from prison camps and supporting ISIS fighters.
- Age
- 35 (per DOJ release of December 16, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS and providing and attempting to provide material support to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- December 16, 2024
- Sentencing
- May 8, 2025
- Sentence
- 30 years and four months in prison (DOJ, May 8, 2025)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-chhipa-2024/