Jibreel Pratt, a 26-year-old resident of Detroit, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing cryptocurrency donations intended for the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), a recognized foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr., with Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Michigan.
The plea agreement reveals that in February 2023, Pratt engaged in communication with a Confidential Human Source (CHS) whom he believed to be an ISIS member capable of facilitating his travel overseas to join the group. Over several months, Pratt expressed his intent to join ISIS and recorded a video pledging allegiance to its leader. He also shared ideas and information on various topics such as using drones for explosives delivery and improving ISIS’s air defense systems. In March and May 2023, Pratt sent Bitcoin to the CHS with the intention that it would fund travel for individuals joining ISIS or support acts of violence in favor of ISIS. To conceal these transactions, he used privacy-focused technology.
“Jibreel Pratt has many talents. And he swore a binding oath to use them to help ISIS—a genocidal anti-American terrorist organization,” stated U.S. Attorney Gorgon. “Pratt meticulously plotted to support ISIS and covertly sent them money to further their evil works.”
Cheyvoryea Gibson emphasized the threat posed by individuals supporting violent foreign terrorist organizations: “Today’s guilty plea by Jibreel Pratt underscores the serious threat posed by individuals who attempt to support foreign terrorist organizations known for violence and human rights abuses.”
Pratt is scheduled for sentencing on November 13, 2025. The maximum penalty for concealing terrorism financing is ten years imprisonment or a $250,000 fine or both; however, both parties have agreed upon a nine-year sentence.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with prosecution led by Assistant United States Attorney Douglas Salzenstein and Jennifer Burke from the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
