U.S. Citizen Charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL

Source: United States Attorneys General

Headline: U.S. Citizen Charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL

Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed charging Bernard Augustine, a United States citizen, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. The defendant is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon.