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A federal judge today sentenced Michael Todd Wolfe aka Faruq, 24, of Austin, Texas to six years and 10 months in prison for planning to go to Syria to join the terrorist group, ISIS, officials stated.
In June 2014, Wolfe plead guilty that he planed to support ISIS from August 2013 to June 17, 2014,
Wolfe previously acknowledged that he applied for and acquired a U.S. passport, participated in physical fitness training, practiced military maneuvers and made efforts to conceal his communications about his plans to travel overseas to engage in violent jihad, according to authorities.
Wolfe also purchased airline tickets so that he could travel to Europe to meet an FBI undercover employee, whom the defendant then believed would facilitate travel to Syria through Turkey, officials said.
In furtherance of his attempt to provide material support to ISIS, Wolfe travelled to Houston and was apprehended on June 17, 2014, on the jet-way, as he attempted to board a flight to Toronto, Canada, officials said.
His ticketed itinerary had him traveling through Iceland and arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 18, 2014. He then planned to make his way to Syria to join with ISIL and engage in the armed conflict. Wolfe has remained in federal custody since his arrest.