Would-Be Bomber Najibullah Zazi Is Imprisoned Again After Donating to Co-Conspirators

A man who plotted a terror attack on the New York City subway system with his best friends before testifying against them is again incarcerated after sending them a few hundred dollars in prison, according to his lawyer.

The man, Najibullah Zazi, was originally arrested in 2009 for hatching the plan with two high school classmates from Flushing, Queens. He pleaded guilty, provided information to the U.S. authorities about Al Qaeda and testified at two federal trials. He earned praise from prosecutors for rejecting extremism and, ultimately, received a sentence that reflected his cooperation.

But in May, Mr. Zazi, now 40, was arrested in North Carolina and appeared in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, where he was accused of violating the terms of his release, including by making unauthorized contact with a terrorist organization.

Thomas Nooter, Mr. Zazi’s lawyer, said on Saturday that the charges were based on four payments, totaling several hundred dollars, sent anonymously to the prison commissary accounts of his friends and former co-conspirators, Zarein Ahmedzay and Adis Medunjanin.

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