Eight years in prison for NJ man's plot to join ISIS

He planned to join ISIS, but he ended up in prison.

Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 24, admitted that he viewed videos of the execution of non-Muslims, saved money and planned to travel overseas to join the terrorist group ISIS, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The Fort Lee man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to provide services and personnel to ISIS, according to the release.

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Topaz discussed plans to join ISIS with three other people. He's the third of the group of four to be sentenced.

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In May 2015, one of the other defendants — Nader Saadeh — traveled from New Jersey to Jordan. Topaz admitted that he and others planned to meet up with Saadeh and travel together to join ISIS.

Topaz will also have to serve a lifetime of supervised release.

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