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Five people jailed for conspiring to attack US power grid

Five people get prison terms for conspiring to attack US power grid

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A US court has sentenced the last of five members of a group that plotted attacks on US energy infrastructure, the Justice Department said.

Jordan Duncan, 29, of North Carolina, was sentenced to seven years in prison for manufacturing a handgun in violation of federal gun laws. Other members of the group were convicted earlier this year.

The defendants, three of whom were former U.S. Marines, planned to damage critical infrastructure and trained with weapons to carry out their plans.

The group was founded by Paul James Kryszczuk, 38, and Liam Collins, 25, who met on the neo-Nazi forum Iron March, which was shut down in 2017. They recruited others who shared their ideology, including Duncan.

The trial revealed that the group had closely studied and discussed a previous attack on the power grid by an unknown group who had attempted to blow up an electrical substation.

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Between 2017 and 2020, the group manufactured firearms, acquired military equipment, and shared technical knowledge of weapons and explosives.

According to court documents, the group conducted firearms training and produced propaganda videos in which members used assault rifles and expressed allegiance to Nazi symbols.

During the 2020 arrest, authorities seized a handwritten list of about a dozen infrastructure sites in Idaho and neighboring states, including substations, transformers, and other elements of the power grid.

“We have now brought to justice all five defendants who conspired, prepared, and trained to attack America’s power grid in service of a violent white supremacist ideology,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Krystchuk was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for conspiring to destroy a power facility, and Collins was sentenced to 10 years for aiding and abetting the weapons offenses. The other two participants were sentenced to one year and nine months in prison.

Prepared by: Sergey Daga

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116

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