California EPA hazardous substances engineer Ammaad Akhtar is accused of trying to give money, guns and ammunition to someone he thought was part of the terror group, and of making antisemitic threats.
(June 25, 2025 / JNS) Ammaad Akhtar’s LinkedIn profile identifies the Stockton, Calif., resident and “mechanical engineering graduate” as “outgoing and friendly,” a “great team player” and a “great leader.”
A very different picture emerges about Akhtar, who is still listed as a hazardous substances engineer at the California Environmental Protection Agency, in the criminal complaint accusing him of trying to give money, guns and ammunition to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and of threatening to kill Jews.
The 33-year-old, who per his LinkedIn is a 2023 graduate of University of the Pacific, gave the money and weapons to an undercover law enforcement officer, who he thought was an ISIS member in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. He faces up to 20 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.