Accountant charged in NYC with supporting terror is ordered held without bail

By Larry Neumeister, AP
Monday, May 17, 2010

Accountant held without bail in NYC in terror case

NEW YORK — An accountant charged in New York with conspiring to teach al-Qaida how to communicate more effectively with computers has been ordered held without bail.

A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan on Monday rejected a request by a lawyer for Sabirhan Hasanoff (sah-BEER’-hahn HAHS’-uhn-of) that he be kept under house arrest while he awaits trial.

Prosecutors say Hasanoff was an “extreme danger to the community” after he joined al-Qaida and “embraced its extremist ideology and radical goals.” They say he’s a danger to flee because he’s wealthy and has international connections after working as a highly paid accountant for years in New York and abroad.

Hasanoff pleaded not guilty to an indictment alleging he and a co-defendant conspired to buy wristwatches and do other tasks to help al-Qaida modernize.

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