Woman gets 3-year sentence for giving money to terror groups
ST. LOUIS - A Bosnian immigrant formerly from Illinois was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for giving money in support of the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, despite her attorney's plea that she is by no means a terrorist.
Jasminka Ramic pleaded guilty in September to conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. She was sentenced in US District Court in St. Louis.
"I did make a mistake," Ramic, 43, told Judge Catherine Perry in broken English. "I admit I did something I was not supposed to do."
Ramic was among six Bosnian immigrants indicted in February for funneling money and military supplies for use by terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
