RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) The mother of one of the shooters who carried out a 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino, California, was sentenced Thursday to six months of home confinement and three years of probation for shredding a document used to plan the massacre that killed 14 people and wounded 22.
A federal judge also fined Rafia Sultana Shareef $5,500, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Shareef, the 67-year-old mother of shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, had pleaded guilty to a single count of alteration, destruction and mutilation of records.
On Dec. 2, 2015, Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, opened fire during a holiday party and training session for Farook’s co-workers with the San Bernardino County health department. Farook and Malik were later killed in a gunbattle with officers.
Sister-in-Law of San Bernardino Terrorist Gets 3 Years Probation in Immigration Fraud Case
Brian Rokos, The Press-Enterprise, February 5, 2021
Corona resident Tatiana Farook, the sister-in-law of the male 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attacker, was sentenced to three years probation Friday, Feb. 5, for her role in an immigration and marriage fraud scheme discovered during the probe into the shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others.
Prosecutors had sought three years probation, three months home confinement and 112 hours of community service before she was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jesus G. Bernal.
Farook’s husband, Syed Raheel Farook, was previously sentenced to three years probation for participating in the same scheme that attempted to help Tatiana’s Russian-born sister gain permanent U.S. residency.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.
The sister-in-law of a terrorist who carried out a 2015 Southern California attack that took 14 lives was sentenced to three years of probation Friday for her role in arranging a fraudulent marriage.
Tatiana Farook of Corona was sentenced in federal court, four years after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.
Her husband, Syed Raheel Farook, received the same sentence last November for conspiring to help his wife’s Russian-born sister remain in the United States after overstaying her visa.
A family friend, Enrique Marquez Jr., was paid $200 a month to marry Mariya Chernkh, who continued to live with her boyfriend. The marriage allowed her to apply for permanent residence.
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