NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Indian man and an alleged accomplice have been charged with agreeing to sell guns and military equipment in a sting operation to Lebanese Shi’ite guerrilla group Hezbollah, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.
Patrick Nayyar, a 45-year-old Indian citizen who had been illegally residing in New York City, is accused of meeting with an FBI informant posing as working for Hezbollah and agreeing to sell guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests and night vision goggles, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Nayyar and an alleged accomplice, Conrad Mulholland, face charges including conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization after they had meetings with the informant between July and September of this year, according to the indictment filed on Monday.
Nayyar was arrested on September 24 at his home in New York on separate charges while Mulholland remains at large.
Hezbollah is designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States.
Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Vicki Allen
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