Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble
Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble
Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble is a survivor of the I-35 Minneapolis Bridge which collapse in 2006 - he was ten years old. [undefined]
Because of his injuries and the settlement, he collected $91,654 in settlement money on his 18th birthday.
Feds believe that he used this money to finance his travels from China to Istanbul so that he may enter Syria. [undefined]
He is a key suspect in an on-going investigation by the feds related to Somali-American recruitment of potential Islamic terrorists. [undefined]
Fighter for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya (ISIL)
On Wednesday, August 24th, 2016, Roble was charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to provide material support to ISIL.
The charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Richard T. Thornton of the FBI’s Minneapolis Division. [undefined]
Reports claim that he flew to China on October 4th, 2014 with a family member, and in November of 2014, four of Roble's closest affiliates in Minnesota attempted to travel to Syria via JFK Airport in New York to join the movement that is ISIL. They were stopped by federal law enforcement agents at JFK and were prevented to leave. Roble also purchased airplane tickets and flew back and forth from Istanbul and China - it is believed that he made his way into Syria to join ISIL. [undefined]
Because the criminal complaint is an allegation, Roble is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The case is being investigated by members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Terrorism Task Force. They include members of the U.S. Marshals; Bloomington Police Department of Minnesota; Ramsey County, Minnesota Sheriff's office; Hennepin County, Minnesota Sheriffs Office; Customs and Border Patrol; Department of Homeland Security; Minneapolis Police Department; Internal Revenue Service Criminal investigation. [undefined]
The National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Minnesota are prosecuting the case. [undefined]
An ATM card associated with Roble’s checking account was used roughly 45 times after he traveled to Istanbul.
Between December 2014 and March 2015, those withdrawals totaled more than $47,000 and all came from near Gaziantep, Turkey — about 35 miles from a border crossing into Syria popular with “jihadist-oriented travelers”.
Robles has been seen in photos carrying a rifle.