Hezbollah
United States v. Alexei Saab
Status: Alexei Saab: Sentenced, May 23, 2023
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- 1:19-mj-06263
- Group named in DOJ releases
- Hezbollah
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- May 23, 2023
Primary Sources
- New Jersey Man Sentenced To 12 Years in Prison for Receiving Military-Type Training From Hezbollah, Marriage Fraud and Making False Statements, Office of Public Affairs, May 23, 2023
- New Jersey Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Receiving Military-Type Training From Hizballah, Marriage Fraud, And Making False Statements, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, May 23, 2023
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Alexei Saab
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, May 23, 2023)
- From the DOJ release:
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEXEI SAAB, a/k/a “Ali Hassan Saab,” a/k/a “Alex Saab,” a/k/a “Rachid,” was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for receiving military-type training from Hizballah, marriage fraud, and making false statements.
- Age
- 46 (per DOJ release of May 23, 2023)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- receiving military-type training from Hezbollah, marriage fraud, and making false statements
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Sentencing
- May 23, 2023
- Sentence
- 12 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release (DOJ, May 23, 2023)
- Court docket
- 1:19-mj-06263. Closed September 19, 2019; last filing July 8, 2019 (CourtListener)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Alexei Saab," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-saab-2023/