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Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy

Released
Date of birth:24. 04. 1949
Age:77
Gender:Male
Race:Asian
Era:2010s
Inmate Number:#64077-053
State:New York
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Biography

Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy, along with Nachimuthu Socrates, Vijayshanthar Patpanathan, Gaspar Raj Maria Paulian, Namasivaya Viswanathan, and an unknown individual conspired to provide resources, currency, training, and false documents to the Tamil Tigers.

Case characteristics: FBI sting operation, FBI confidential informant. Organization referenced in charging documents: Tamil Tigers.

Case data and description from The Intercept's Trial and Terror project (Trevor Aaronson and Margot Williams), licensed CC BY-NC. Source: https://github.com/theintercept/trial-and-terror-data

Case

MDC Brooklyn
Charges: criminal conspiracy; funding terrorists; material support
Arrested: August 2006
Sentenced: Apr 27, 2011
Released: Apr 29, 2011
Sentence: Time served imposed April 27, 2011. The former 2026 release and sentence-date admission are unsupported. Actual physical release and any immigration detention remain unresolved.
Prosecutor: Jeffrey H. Knox; Andrew E. Goldsmith; Greg D. Andres; Marshall L. Miller
Judge: Raymond J. Dearie
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty (June 9, 2009)
Institution State: New York