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CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A Chicago man has been charged with giving FBI agents false information when he told of being approached by jihadist recruiters, federal officials said Friday.
Uzair Ali Hashmi, 20, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury. He is scheduled to be arraigned next week in U.S. District Court.
Hashmi allegedly told FBI agents July 28 that he had been approached by someone who asked him whether he was proficient with weapons and asked him his opinion of "home-grown terrorism." He said he was invited to join "God's military."
The next day, he allegedly told agents another person approached him and said he would find something in a trash can near his home.
He gave the FBI a letter allegedly prepared by a third person. The letter was an invitation to join: "You seem to have the drive it will take to inflict damage to where it will hurt most. This is your calling to jihad, my brother. You have a key role in our operation."
Agents say the letter was fabricated, along with the conversations Hashmi claimed to have had.
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