A 35-year-old Pakistani-American national has been arrested by the FBI on his entry from Pakistan for being in contact with two UN-proscribed dread gatherings the Islamic State and the JeM. Waqar Ul-Hassan, a naturalized US resident who moved to America at 15 years old, was arrested at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina on Tuesday. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) boss Masood Azhar was assigned as a worldwide terrorist by the UN on May 1.

Hassan was arrested on two counts of owning false expressions in 2015 about his contacts with terrorist gatherings. Whenever sentenced, he faces as long as eight years of detainment. As indicated by court reports, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2014 got data that he was in contact with terrorist organizations. Amid a meeting with the FBI, he denied having any contacts with the terrorist gatherings or helping them.

Later in November 2015, Hassan amid another meeting with the FBI conceded that he had lied and was in contact with two terrorist gatherings – the Islamic State (otherwise called ISIS) and JeM. He recognized being untruthful in past FBI interviews in regards as far as anyone is concerned of people related to foreign terrorist organizations.

The FBI said Hassan admitted to broad contacts with a JeM selection representative, who he recognized by name. He additionally confessed to trading telephone numbers with the selection representative and having a few discussions about radicalism with him. Hassan further conceded he headed out to – and remained with – JeM radicals for a few days in 2014, went in Pakistan in 2013 and 2014 to gather cash and nourishment for JeM fanatics, and go out selecting papers for JeM in Pakistan in 2014, the FBI said.

Hassan conceded that he had not been honest on the grounds that he realized JeM was a terrorist gathering. “Somewhere in the range of 2013 and 2014, I voyaged… around the city of Gujrat (in Pakistan) and surrounding territory gathering cash and nourishment for Jaish Mujahideen a few times. In 2014, while remaining with Jaish Mujahideen they educated me concerning an assault on Indian officer they directed the earlier year. They demonstrated to me a news video of the assault,” Hassan said in a composed proclamation to the FBI, as indicated by court records. “I additionally past out a paper that Jaish Mujahideen uses to enlist individuals and gather cash. I lied since I was frightened of getting stuck in an unfortunate situation since I took an interest in gathering cash, nourishment and going out the paper for Jaish Mujahadin which is a terrorist gathering however they likewise help the poor in Pakistan,” he said.

Hassan was conceived on February 10, 1984, in Uttam Gujrat, Pakistan. He moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York in 1999 at fifteen years old. He turned into a naturalized United States native in 2002, however, held citizenship in Pakistan. Hassan told agents that he was in contact with ISIS also. The grievance said on the grounds that he was irate about what was occurring to Muslims around the world, he was not kidding about sending USD 175 to Jihadists in Syria. Hassan said that he didn’t send the cash since he didn’t have an approach to get the cash there.