DOJ, FBI: 28-year-old arrested after being accused of sending ISIS dozens of payments, building homemade bomb
OAN -- A 28-year-old man from Long Beach, California, has been arrested after being accused of sending a dozen payments to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in addition to assembling a homemade bomb.
On Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that last week, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 28, for allegedly sending money to the Islamist terrorist organization.
“The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested a man in Long Beach for allegedly sending money to ISIS and pledging allegiance to a terrorist organization that targets Americans,” he wrote. “@FBILosAngeles also recovered evidence of explosives.”