A Woodbridge man was sentenced to prison Friday after lying to FBI agents when asked whether he knew any ISIS supporters, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Michael Queen, 28, was sentenced to 2 years in prison for obstructing justice and making false statements involving international terrorism, attorney’s office spokesperson Joshua Stueve said. Queen operated a gaming center in Fairfax with another defendant, Soufian Amri, who will be sentenced later this month on similar charges.
A third man, Haris Qamar, was arrested last summer after he attempted to join ISIS in the Middle East, according to court filings. After he was unable to travel, Qamar reportedly sent money to ISIS and took videos of Washington-area landmarks for use in ISIS publications to encourage lone-wolf attacks.
In the weeks before Qamar’s arrest, Queen was questioned by agents about whether he knew anyone who was trying to join ISIS. He reportedly gave the name of a Hindu acquaintance. Later, in a taped conversation between Queen, Amri and a third person, Queen reportedly said, “I’m never going to throw a Muslim underneath the bus to try to do the right thing,” according to court filings.
Qamar was arrested days after that recording and sentenced in February to more than eight years in prison. The indictments of Queen and Amri were announced in April.
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