A Wisconsin woman, Waheba Issa Dais, a U.S. legal permanent resident who lived in Israel, is being charged with helping ISIS, according to authorities.
According to the criminal complaint, beginning in at least January, Dais,45, attempted to give services, personnel, expert advice and assistance to ISIS, by promoting ISIS’s agenda, facilitating recruitment along with maintaining a virtual library of instructions on how to make bombs, biological weapons, poisons and suicide vests to help ISIS members and supporters in their attack planning.
Dais used multiple social media accounts that she hacked and took over from unwitting victims and private social media platforms to provide and facilitate her support.
Dais used one of her pro-ISIS accounts to encourage an individual, whom she believed to be an ISIS supporter, to conduct an attack in the name of ISIS.
She provided detailed instructions on how to make Ricin and then suggested the individual introduce the Ricin to a government post or water reservoirs. In another post, she suggested potential targets for bombing attacks, including street festivals and celebrations in the summer.
The FBI arrested dais on June 13.
She is facing up to 20 years in prison along with a fine of up to $200,000.
Dais is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.