Washington (CNN) Federal prosecutors charged a former FBI translator with lying about contacts with the subject of a terror investigation, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Abdirizak Haji Raghe Wehelie, 66, of St. Burk, Virginia, was arrested on Saturday, authorities said, and appeared before a federal magistrate judge Monday afternoon. Prosecutors did not seek Wehelie's detention at his hearing and he was placed on a $20,000 bond ahead of an arraignment set for May 24, according to the court docket.

CNN has reached out to an attorney listed for Wehelie.

Wehelie faces seven charges of making false statements to investigators and one for obstructing a federal investigation, the indictment said, and he faces up to 25 years in prison. An attorney for Wehelie was not immediately listed.

Wehelie worked for a government contractor and was assigned to be an FBI linguist and translator from 2012 through 2015, according to the indictment, which was filed last December and unveiled on Monday.

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