A naturalized citizen of the United States, 48-year-old Raez Qadir Khan was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Portland, Oregon, on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

According to the indictment against Khan, Khan provided financial support as well as advice to a terrorist name Ali Jaleel from December of 2005 through June of 2009. Jaleel would carry out a suicide attack in May of 2009 at the headquarters of Pakistan’s Intelligence Service in Lahore, Pakistan. That attack killed approximately 30 people and injured at least 300 more.

Khan, using coded language, supplied Jaleel with advise as well as sent financial support as Jaleel prepared on his path as a suicide bomber.

In 2006, Jaleel contacted Khan and divulged that he and others were preparing to depart the Maldives, where Jaleel was a resident, and travel to Pakistan to train for violent jihad. Khan then supplied information on how to travel undetected and supplied Jaleel with funds to travel to and attend the training at the camp.

Jaleel and the others were detained and returned to the Maldives where they were placed under house arrest.

By 2008, Jaleel was again ready to travel to the camp. Jaleel allegedly e-mailed Khan about his plans to travel to Pakistan again, and in response, Khan again provided advice to Jaleel on how to avoid detection and offered to arrange for money to be sent to Jaleel. In October 2008, Jaleel allegedly told Khan he needed “$2,500 for everything” and asked that Khan take care of his family and educate his children. Khan promised to help Jaleel’s family. Khan later instructed Jaleel to pick up the money he needed to enter the training camp from an individual in Karachi, Pakistan. To arrange for this transfer, Khan allegedly contacted an individual in Los Angeles whom he knew could quickly arrange for Jaleel to pick up money in Pakistan. According to indictment, the individual in Los Angeles then arranged for the money to be available for pick-up from the individual in Karachi.

By November of that same year, Jaleel again contacted Khan and informed him that he was about to enter the camp for training and informed Khan that he had leftover money from the funds. Khan directed Jaleel to leave the funds with another person in Karachi so the funds could be sent to Jaleel’s family in the Maldives.

After the attack was carried out in June of 2009, a video was released by al Qaeda in which Jaleel claimed responsibility for the attack beforehand as he prepared to carry out the attack. By June of 2009, Khan sent money to one of Jaleel’s wives in the Maldives.

“The indictment unsealed today set forth how Mr. Kahn allegedly supported a terrorist who killed dozens of innocent people in Lahore, Pakistan,” said U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall. “The events of May 27, 2009, remind us that terrorism is not defined by Muslims targeting non- Muslims but is defined by violent extremists targeting anyone they perceive as a threat to their oppressive agenda without regard for the religion, race, or nationality of their victims. We will find and prosecute those who use this country as a base to fund and support terrorists. Dismantling terrorist networks continues to be a top priority for this office and the Department of Justice.”

“Those who provide material support to terrorists are just as responsible for the deaths and destruction that follow as those who commit the violent acts,” said Greg Fowler, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon. “The FBI will continue to focus on cutting off the flow of funds that help terrorists train, travel, and launch their attacks.”

If convicted of the charges, Khan faces a potential maximum of life in prison for the count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

Reaz Qadir Khan is an employee of the City of Portland’s Department of Environmental Services. He has been placed on paid administrative leave until the trial.

Khan, who has a wife and three children, was released on bail.