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From Learning to Leading: South Bronx Youth Bring Climate Justice to NAAEE 2026

What happens when young people move from learning about the challenges facing their community to leading the work of changing them?

That is the work we are doing at WE STAY/Nos Quedamos (NQ)—and this October, our South Bronx Youth Leaders will bring that work to Portland, Oregon, for the 2026 North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Conference.

On October 6, our Senior Youth Leaders will present “Not Just Learning—Leading: A South Bronx Model for Youth-Driven Climate Justice,” sharing how place-based education, community history, and hands-on advocacy are preparing young people to connect environmental justice with housing, neighborhood planning, and community development.

The South Bronx has experienced generations of disinvestment and environmental injustice. But it is also a community with a powerful history of residents organizing, planning, and fighting for change. Our young people are building on that legacy. At the center of the presentation is South Bronx Under Pressure, an interactive game developed by NQ that explores how decisions about housing, land use, transportation, investment, and displacement have shaped our neighborhood. It moves participants beyond understanding the past to asking a more important question: What can we change today?

That is the heart of NQ’s youth leadership model: turning knowledge into agency and agency into action.

NAAEE gives us an opportunity to share this South Bronx model with educators, advocates, and community leaders from across the country—and to learn from others doing this work in their own communities. The conference theme, “Imagine If…”, captures what we hope to inspire: a future where young people have not only the knowledge to understand their communities, but the confidence and collective power to shape what comes next.

That future is not something we simply imagine. It is a future our young people are already helping to build. 

Register for #NAAEE2026 today: conference.naaee.org

Summer May Be Winding Down, But We’re Just Getting Started!

What a summer it’s been! From celebrating health and wellness at our annual Spring Equinox, to uplifting the voices and leadership of Bronx youth at our Youth Symposium, we’ve been busy building community, creating opportunities, and putting our values into action.

And of course, we closed out the summer with our annual We Are Melrose, where we officially kicked off Melrose 2034: From Preservation to Power—our growing campaign to protect the historic legacy of Melrose, preserve deeply affordable housing, and strengthen community resiliency for generations to come.

None of this work happens alone. A huge thank you to our incredible residents, community leaders, partners, funders, youth, and supporters who continue to show up and make this work possible.

But don’t let the end of summer fool you, the work is far from over! We’ve got more community events, organizing, youth leadership opportunities, and ways to get involved coming this fall.

Stay connected and keep up with what’s next by following us on Instagram! The next chapter is just getting started.

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Get Ready for Election Day!

Election season is here, and civic engagement is community power! Our neighborhoods are directly impacted by the decisions made by elected officials. From affordable housing and environmental justice to education, public safety, transportation, and the resources that make our communities thrive.

Voting is one important way to make your voice heard, but civic engagement goes beyond Election Day. When we stay informed, ask questions, organize with our neighbors, and hold our elected officials accountable, we help shape the future of our communities.

Ready to get involved? Start here:

Check your voter registration. Make sure you’re registered at your current address and that your information is up to date.

Know the important dates. Look up registration deadlines, early voting dates, absentee/mail-in voting deadlines, and Election Day.

Learn who’s on your ballot. Research candidates and ballot proposals, and learn where they stand on the issues that matter to you and your community.

Make a voting plan. Know where and when you’ll vote, and figure out transportation or other support you may need.

Talk to your neighbors! Share reliable voting information with family, friends, and community members and encourage them to make a plan, too.

Stay engaged beyond Election Day. Attend community meetings, connect with elected officials, join local organizing efforts, and continue advocating for the issues that matter most.

Your vote is your voice. Your voice is your power. And our collective power can help shape the future of our communities.

For more information check out the link: www.nycvotes.org

DEC AND PARTNERS WILL HOST 5,000 STUDENT SCIENTISTS AT 24TH ANNUAL “DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HUDSON AND HARBOR”

Department of Environmental Conservation

Students of All Ages to Visit More Than 100 New York Shorefronts for Data-Collection, Firsthand Aquatic Observation and Hands-On Learning About the Hudson River 

Data To Be Posted Online After the Event and Incorporated Into Educational Materials 

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced that thousands of students on October 6 will visit shorefronts along the Hudson River Estuary and New York Harbor piers to collect data on the Hudson's fish and invertebrates, track the river's tides and currents, and examine water chemistry and quality during the 24th annual celebration of Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor.

"More than 5,000 student scientists will participate in DEC's Day in the Life event to learn about the tidal Hudson’s diverse habitats, fish and wildlife,” said Commissioner Lefton. “By turning the Hudson River into a classroom, DEC is engaging students of all ages and backgrounds with their local ecosystem to help foster a lifelong connection to environmental conservation.”

At more than 100 waterfront sites, students from elementary school through college will partner with DEC and environmental education centers to collect scientific data using hands-on field techniques. Equipped with seine nets, minnow pots and water testing gear, students will record physical, biological and chemical data to capture a snapshot of the river’s ecology. The student-collected data will be posted online after the event, allowing teachers to incorporate the robust data set into river-specific lesson plans. Participating classes represent the diversity of school populations in urban and rural communities along the estuary. This year, more than 5,000 students and educators from more than 90 schools will participate.

Day in the Life gives students the opportunity to make observations, submit their data and see it all add up to a bigger picture. Donning waders or using a seine net, students collect data on many of the Hudson's 200-plus species of fish. Most are young fish, demonstrating the Hudson's importance as a nursery habitat. Sometimes students catch surprising fish, such as seahorses, conger eels and needlefish. Students also examine the physical and chemical aspects of the river with a wide range of equipment, from dissolved oxygen to pH kits. These student scientists use refractometers and plastic hydrometers to measure salinity and find the salt front — the leading edge of dilute seawater pushing up the estuary.

Estuary Program staff connect the field day with the classroom by conducting pre- and post-visits in numerous schools that participate in Day in the Life. Lessons onsite and in the classroom fulfill State learning standards in a variety of subjects. Post-trip activities connect students to other sites through collected data, helping them better understand the dynamic factors that shape the Hudson River ecosystem.

In the past two decades, the Day in the Life model has expanded beyond the Hudson to engage students in eight watersheds across New York State. Now, Day in the Life also takes place at eight sites along the Mohawk River, the Hudson’s largest tributary, and in the headwaters of the Upper Hudson River, where freshwater feeds into the tidal estuary.  

The Day in the Life program continues to grow, with the Lake Champlain Basis hosting the event this year for the first time. Four schools will sample at four different sites in partnership with the Lake Champlain Sea Grant Watershed Alliance team. 

Day in the Life is sponsored by DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program, in partnership with the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Columbia Climate School Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Media interested in scheduling a visit to a site should contact the DEC Press Office at 518-402-8000 or pressoffice@dec.ny.gov.  

A select list of participating schools, partners, and event locations follows:

• Albany County: Hudson Shores Park, 2 Selke Drive, Watervliet, NY 12189: North Colonie Elementary Enrichment Program, North Colonie Central School, 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
• Albany County: Corning Preserve, Quay Street, Albany, NY 12207: Albany High School, Albany Central School, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (DEC)
• Albany County: New Baltimore Conservancy, NY-144, New Baltimore, NY 12124: Pieter B. Coeymans Elementary School, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Central School, 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (DEC)
• Dutchess County: Kingston Point Beach, 102-144 Delaware Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401: Kingston High School, Kingston City Central School, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
• Dutchess County: Kingston Point Beach, 102-144 Delaware Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401: YMCA Farm Project, 3:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
• Dutchess County: The Power House in Mills-Norrie State Park (within Staatsburgh State Historic Site), 75 Mills Mansion Drive, Staatsburg, NY 12580: Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, Hyde Park Central School, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (DEC, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve)
• Dutchess County: Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum, 75 N Water Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601: Haviland Middle School, Hyde Park Central School, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (DEC)
• Ulster County: Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park, 42 River Road Highland, NY 12528: Wallkill Senior High School, Wallkill Central School, 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (DEC)
• Orange County: Donahue Memorial Park, Shore Road, Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY 12520: Cornwall Central Middle School and Willow Avenue Elementary School, Cornwall Central School, 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
• Westchester County: Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520: Fox Meadow Elementary School, Scarsdale UFSD, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (DEC)
• Westchester County: Piermont Pier, Ferry Road., Piermont, NY 10968: Clarkstown High School North, Clarkson South High School, Tappan Zee High School, Spring Valley High School, and Pearl River High School, 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (Columbia Climate School Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
• Westchester County: Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers NY 10701: Yonkers High School, Yonkers Public Schools, 2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.  
• Manhattan: Hudson River Park Pier 40, 353 West Street, New York, NY 10014: (at W. Houston Street): NYC Museum School, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
• Bronx: Ferry Point Park, 10 Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx, NY 10465: Dwight School, KIPP Academy Elementary, 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (DEC)

 DEC A Day in the Life 2025 - Albany Corning Preserve

Homeland Security Task Force Investigation Results in Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficker who Targeted Seattle's Chinatown International District

Defendant Has Prior Conviction From 35 Years Ago in Eastern Washington

A 54-year-old Federal Way, Washington, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that preyed, in part, on unhoused people in “The Jungle” under I-5 and Seattle’s International District. Leonardo Rojas Cruz was indicted in May 2025, following a lengthy wiretap investigation. Rojas Cruz was a redistributor of cocaine and methamphetamine ordering up multiple pound quantities of the drugs. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Tana Lin noted that cocaine users, such as Rojas Cruz, were particularly vulnerable to overdose because cocaine and fentanyl powder are very similar in appearance. Judge Lin told him, “You not only gambled with your own life but with the lives of others as well.”

“Mr. Rojas Cruz pushed deadly poison into the Chinatown International District, profiting from some of Seattle’s most vulnerable living in ‘The Jungle’,” said Robert A. Saccone, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Seattle Field Division. “The fentanyl powder alone seized from this drug trafficking organization could have unleashed 1.7 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl into our community. Through Fentanyl Free America, DEA, along with our federal, state, and local partners, is disrupting the fentanyl supply chain, reducing its availability, and saving American lives.”

“In March 2025 alone, law enforcement seized 100 pounds of methamphetamine, 111 kilos of cocaine, 19 kilos of fentanyl powder, 250,000 fentanyl pills, and four kilos of heroin as they investigated this drug ring and a related one,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd. “The street value of those narcotics is nearly $3 million – but the damage to our community due to addiction, crime and deaths far surpasses that number.”

“Despite a prior drug trafficking conviction, Mr. Rojas Cruz chose to continue down a path leading to suffering and addiction for so many, purchasing kilogram quantities of controlled substances from his co-conspirators for resale to vulnerable populations," said W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle field office. "The FBI and our partners will continue to combat drug trafficking and violent crime in Seattle and throughout the state of Washington.”

On May 29, 2025, law enforcement executed 16 search warrants in Federal Way, Vancouver, Everett, Pacific, Tukwila, Kent, Issaquah, Seattle, Woodlake, California and Beaverton, Oregon.  Investigators seized more than seven kilograms of cocaine, 18 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than 57,000 fentanyl pills, and 17 firearms. They also seized more than $353,000 in cash.

Rojas Cruz is a Mexican national with a prior federal conviction for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Washington. In 1991 he was sentenced to more than five years in prison. Nevertheless, he returned to drug trafficking for an extended period of time. Prosecutors wrote to the court, “Rojas Cruz trafficked two of the three leading causes of overdose in King County- cocaine and methamphetamine. And he was not merely trafficking a small amount. In fact, the intercepts show Rojas Cruz purchased substantial quantities of cocaine from his co-defendant over a short amount of time, which provides circumstantial evidence of Rojas Cruz’s trafficking activities. Moreover, he was involved in trafficking controlled substances over a long period of time. Investigators identified Rojas Cruz as a trafficker through communications intercepted in October 2024 and then, after the investigation of Ibarra Loera resumed in 2025, Rojas Cruz was intercepted discussing the sale of a pound of methamphetamine in February 2025 too.”

These coconspirators have already been sentenced:

Daniel Ibarra Loera, 32, of Kent, WA -- 96 months in prison

Jose Garcia Corona, 62, of Seattle -- 15 months in prison

Oscar Omar Serrano Serrano, 32, of Algona, WA -- 30 months in prison

Juan Lopez Roblero, 44, of Tukwila, WA -- twelve months in prison

Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia, 47, of Issaquah, WA – 72 months in prison

Sang Su, 44, Seattle, is scheduled for sentencing on November 4, 2026.

Rojas Cruz will likely be deported following his prison term.

This investigation is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Seattle comprises agents and officers from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), The United States Marshals Service (USMS), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), the United States Secret Service (USSS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. 

The investigation was led by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Seattle Police Department and with significant assistance from the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program (HIDTA), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Washington National Guard Counterdrug Program. Investigators also worked with the Oregon State Police and Clark County, Washington Sheriff’s Office.

Release of Body Worn Camera Footage from an Officer Involved Shooting that Occurred on September 4, 2026 in the confines of the 5th Precinct

The NYPD is today releasing body-worn camera footage from an officer-involved shooting that occurred on September 4, 2026, in the confines of the 5th Precinct.

The video includes available evidence leading up to the incident as well as during the incident. The NYPD is releasing this video for clear viewing of the totality of the incident.

You can find the video here  

Coordinated Arrests and Charges Dismantle Hamas Terror Finance Network Raising Funds from the United States

 

The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Saleem Alzaq, as well as the arrests of Omar Adhami, Abdel Adhami, and Raed Yousef, for their involvement in paying, soliciting and collecting funds for Hamas. In a coordinated law enforcement operation in France, three of Alzaq’s associates, Faouzi Barika, Amel Oualid, and Nordine Barika were arrested by the French General Directorate for Internal Security. 

“Anyone who finances or assists terrorist organizations responsible for the deaths of American citizens should expect to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “For decades, members of Hamas have raised funding to carry out brutal terrorist attacks. Under the leadership of President Trump, the Department of Justice will continue pursuing terrorists who kill Americans, dismantling terrorist finance networks, and delivering justice for the families of victims.”

"The FBI will never forget the horrific attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023 – and we will never stop our efforts to cut off funding to Hamas terrorists," said FBI Director Kash Patel. "These subjects allegedly engaged in a conspiracy that extended beyond national borders to funnel money to Hamas and fuel violent attacks, using cryptocurrency, to try to hide their criminal activity. Today's announcement shows the abilities of this FBI and our interagency partners to follow the money and shut down resources going to terrorists under the guise of charitable giving – with 4,000 Foreign Terrorist organization related disruptions and stopping 1,100 alleged terrorist actors here at home and around the world since last year. Special thanks to our FBI New York, New Orleans, and Tampa Field Offices, our Counterterrorism Division, as well as the Paris Legal Attaché's Office and French authorities for their outstanding work with us in this case.”

“Money is the lifeblood of terrorist organizations, and the arrests announced today disrupted a global financing network that was supplying Hamas with the funds needed to continue its campaign of destroying innocent lives,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg, “These coordinated investigations and arrests spanned multiple jurisdictions in the United States and across international borders, and demonstrate that we will use all of our capabilities to eradicate terrorism. I want to thank the FBI agents and federal prosecutors who worked together to dismantle this network, and I also want to thank Joint Task Force 10-7 for its leadership in seeking justice for the victims of the Hamas-led attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, that killed more than 1,200 men, women, and children. My thoughts are with all who are still suffering from the losses of that terrible day, and the National Security Division will never stop working to hold the perpetrators, and those who enabled them, accountable for their atrocities.”

“This Office and our law enforcement partners will root out and prosecute those who finance Hamas, no matter where they are located,” said U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald for the Southern District of New York. “As alleged, Saleem Alzaq was the center of a Hamas financing network that operated around the globe, soliciting more than a million dollars from individual donors including here in the United States. The close cooperation of law enforcement and prosecutors’ offices to dismantle Alzaq’s alleged Hamas financing network demonstrates our commitment to depriving Hamas of the funding it relies on in Gaza and to commit terror attacks like the brutal October 7, 2023, massacre of more than a thousand innocent victims, including dozens of Americans.” 

“According to the indictment and complaint filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Saleem Alzaq solicited financial donations on behalf of Hamas, a terrorist organization responsible for the commission of heinous attacks worldwide,” said U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle for the Eastern District of Louisiana. “Omar Adhami and Abdel Adhami are accused of providing Alzaq with resources intended to fund Hamas’ relentless reign of terror. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana are laser focused on the identification, prosecution, and eradication of terrorist networks, and the individuals who financially support these networks.” 

“Providing financial assistance and support to terrorist organizations like Hamas place the safety and security of everyone, anywhere in the world, at risk,” said U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida. “The diligence and cooperation exhibited by our domestic and international law enforcement partners during this investigation demonstrates our collective resolve to relentlessly pursue, disrupt, and prosecute those who engage in these illegal activities.”

“The NYPD’s counterterrorism work knows no borders,” said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch.  “Our intelligence analysts uncovered this international finance network and built the case that exposed more than $2 million being funneled to Hamas. Saleem Alzaq, a leader in Hamas’ military arm responsible for planning and carrying out terrorist attacks, and the other defendants allegedly solicited donations under the guise of humanitarian aid and then directed that money to Hamas. This is the kind of extraordinary counterterrorism work the NYPD does every day to disrupt threats before they reach New Yorkers, and I thank our law enforcement partners for helping us dismantle this network.” 

According to the Alzaq indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York, the Adhami complaints filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana, and the Yousef indictment filed in the Middle District of Florida:

Alzaq, 45, of Gaza, is a Hamas member in the Gaza Strip and a battalion deputy in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the Al-Qassam Brigades), Hamas’s armed wing responsible for planning and executing terrorist attacks. Alzaq serves in the Photography Department of the Al-Qassam Brigades’ Shujaiyya Brigade Media Office, a Hamas propaganda office. In this role, he has photographed Hamas events, including events led by senior Hamas leaders such as Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar. He distributes these photographs and descriptions of Hamas events to others involved in the Hamas propaganda apparatus. He has also posted Hamas propaganda across multiple social media platforms, including posts glorifying deceased leaders of Hamas (such as Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Haniyeh, and Sinwar); supporting Al-Qassam Brigades terrorists and glorifying Al-Qassam Brigades “martyrs;” and promoting and celebrating Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Southern Israel, in which more than 1,200 victims were murdered and more than 250 were taken hostage, including 46 American citizens. 

Since at least about January 2020, Alzaq has operated an international Hamas fundraising network that collects donations from individuals around the world, including from individuals in the United States. Alzaq promotes this fundraising through social media campaigns purportedly providing humanitarian aid to people in Gaza, while the money is funneled to Hamas. Since January 2020, Alzaq has collected more than $1.7 million through purported charitable campaigns. Alzaq’s associates in France, Barika, Amel Oualid, and others assisted Alzaq in collecting and transferring money raised for Hamas. 

Abdel Adhami, 35, and Omar Adhami, 33, both of Covington, Louisiana, donated funds to Alzaq’s Hamas financing network. Beginning in approximately February 2021, and continuing through approximately September 2026, Abdel Adhami allegedly contributed approximately $94,000 and Omar Adhami allegedly contributed approximately $11,000 to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, knowing that the organization engaged in terrorist activities, and attempted to conceal their contributions to Hamas through wire transfers, and the use of intermediaries. Yousef, a resident of Lutz, Florida, provided almost $50,000 to Alzaq’s Hamas financing network. 

Alzaq is charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiring to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; and conspiring to defraud the United States, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

Omar Adhami is charged with providing material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiracy to provide material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; and conspiring to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. 

Abdel Adhami is charged with providing material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiracy to provide material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; and conspiring to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. 

Raed Yousef, 56, of Lutz, Florida, is charged with one count of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; five counts of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count; one count of providing funds, goods, and services to a specially designated terrorist, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison; five counts of attempting to provide funds, goods, and services to a specially designated terrorist, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in person on each count; one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison; five counts of money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count; and one count of passport fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison.       

The Alzaq case is being investigated by the FBI with the assistance of the New York Police Department (NYPD). Assistant U.S. Attorneys David A. Markewitz, Ben Arad, Sarah L. Kushner, Juliana N. Murray, and Keith Savino for the Southern District of New York are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Trial Attorneys Rob MacDonald and A.J. Dixon of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance.

The Adhami case is being investigated by the FBI New Orleans Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Kennedy for the Eastern District of Louisiana is prosecuting the case. 

The Yousef case is being investigated by the FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lindsey Schmidt and Michael Buchanan for the Middle District of Florida are prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.