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Soliman S. Biheiri

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2000s
State:Florida
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 11 Months 11 Days
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Biography

Soliman Biheiri ran an investment company that adhered to Islamic principles. He lied on his U.S. citizenship application and lied to the FBI about his connections to Hamas and Sami Al-Arian, a Florida university professor who pleaded guilty to charges that he aided the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Case characteristics: FISA surveillance, cooperated with prosecutors. Organization referenced in charging documents: Hamas.

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

Petersburg Low FCI
Charges: immigration violations; making false statements
Arrested: Jun 15, 2003
Sentenced: Jan 12, 2004
Incarcerated: Jun 15, 2003
Released: May 26, 2005
Sentence: Detained on a federal material-witness warrant June 15, 2003, as recorded in footnote 15 of the federal sentencing opinion. Later received a one-year sentence in the naturalization case. HRW/ACLU documents continued detention under new charges when release was approaching in June 2004. The final physical release day and complete later prosecution history remain unverified.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Virginia