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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Detroit man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for trying to donate cryptocurrency to the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, also known as ISIS .

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan says 26-year-old Jibreel Pratt was sentenced Thursday. Months ago, he pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing material support for a foreign terrorist organization.

Court records show Pratt initiated a conversation in February 2023 with a person he believed was a member of ISIS who could facilitate a way for him to travel overseas and join the terrorist organization.

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