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California terror suspect indicted on federal charge
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Rep. Buddy Carter R-Ga., center, flanked by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, right, and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 8, 2016, about the arrest of two Iraqi-born men who came to the US as refugees and have been indicted on terrorism-related charges by federal authorities who allege one traveled to Syria to fight with terrorists in the civil war and the other provided support to the Islamic State group. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
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span class="inline inline-center">Rep. Buddy Carter R-Ga., center, flanked by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, right, and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 8, 2016, about the arrest of two Iraqi-born men who came to the US as refugees and have been indicted on terrorism-related charges by federal authorities who allege one traveled to Syria to fight with terrorists in the civil war and the other provided support to the Islamic State group. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
An Iraqi-born man living in California has been indicted on a federal charge that he lied to investigators about traveling to Syria to fight against the government there.
Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab was indicted on Thursday on one count of making a false statement involving international terrorism.
He was arrested a week ago. The indictment replaces an earlier criminal complaint with the same allegation.
Both carry sentences of up to eight years in prison.
Authorities say the 23-year-old went to Syria to fight in late 2013 and early 2014, joining a group later affiliated with the Islamic State group. However, they say he falsely told investigators he was visiting his grandmother in Turkey.
Prosecutors and his defense attorney say he planned no violent actions in the United States. (rin)
