Alanssi sentenced to 5 years probation [Archives:2005/835/Local News]

By Anthony M. Destefano
For the Yemen Times
Mohammed Alanssi, a Yemeni immigrant who set himself on fire outside the White House last year, after giving testimony in the recent case against cleric Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed. Both defendants, who are also from Yemen, were convicted in March of conspiring to provide material support, including financing, to Hamas and al-Qaida.

Alanssi was given five years probation on Monday for bank fraud after federal prosecutors extolled his work as an informant in a major terrorism case.

He admitted to writing thousands of dollars in bad checks while helping the FBI in several terrorism investigations. He suffered from psychological disorders especially with the cancer illness of his late wife and had admitted to torturing himself earlier.
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