Vijayshanthar Patpanathan

Released
Date of birth:05. 04. 1962
Age:64
Gender:Male
Race:Asian
Era:2010s
State:New York
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Biography

Patpanathan, along with Nachimuthu Socrates, Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy, Gaspar Raj Maria Paulian, Namasivaya Viswanathan, and an unknown individual conspired to provide resources, currency, training, and false documents to the Tamil Tigers. Patpanathan pleaded guilty to material support charges in June 2009 and was sentenced in February 2011.

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: material support
Arrested: August 2006
Sentenced: 2011
Sentence: Sentenced to time served in 2011, according to the DOJ conviction charts. Published charts differ on the exact sentencing day; it remains year-only here. The former 2026 release was unsupported and must not imply fifteen further years in prison. Actual physical release and any immigration detention remain unresolved.
Institution State: New York

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