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A federal grand jury indicted\u00a0Yahya Farooq Mohammad<\/strong> Wednesday, charging him with soliciting the murder of a federal judge, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"courthouse\"Mohammad, 37, from the United Arab Emirates, was charged with attempted first degree murder of a federal officer, solicitation to commit a crime of violence and use of interstate commerce facilities in commission of murder for hire, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammad was indicted last year on charges of conspiring with three other men to travel to Yemen to provide thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Awlaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world, officials said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That case is pending and assigned to U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary of Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the most recent charges, Mohammad is accused of soliciting someone to kidnap and murder Judge Zouhary.<\/span><\/p>\n

On April 8, Mohammad allegedly told another inmate in the Lucas County Corrections Center in Toledo that he wanted Zouhary kidnapped and murder. \u00a0That inmate then introduced Mohammad to an undercover FBI employee, according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that Mohammad told the inmate that he was willing to pay $15,000 to have Zouhary killed. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mohammad also allegedly told the undercover employee that he could send a down payment through a mail courier or that the undercover could meet Mohammad\u2019s wife in Chicago to pick up the money. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked when he wanted the murder committed, Mohammad stated: \u201cThe sooner would be good, you know,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 5, Mohammad\u2019s wife, identified in the indictment as N.T., met the undercover agent at a post office in Bolingbrook, Illinois, and provided $1,000 in cash inside a white envelope, according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

On May 11, Mohammad informed the inmate that the rest of the money for the murder was coming from Dubai to Texas to Chicago to N.T., and then to the undercover agent, according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment, on May 16, the undercover agent and N.T. met, and the undercover agent showed N.T. a photograph that purported to be of Zouhary\u2019s dead body. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The undercover agent told N.T. he needed the rest of the money owed to him. \u00a0N.T. said she would contact Mohammad and then she would contact the undercover agent, according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the charges in the indictment, this defendant not only attempted to have a federal judge murdered, but he did so to obstruct justice in a terrorism case against him,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.\u00a0 \u201cThis prosecution seeks to hold the defendant accountable for attempting to victimize the judge and for trying to undermine our criminal system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConspiring to have a judge killed is not the way to avoid being prosecuted – now Mohammad will be held accountable for additional serious federal charges,\u201d said Cleveland’s FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony.\u00a0 \u201cThe FBI will continue to work with our partners to ensure the safety of those that uphold the rule of law. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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