A Texas man pleaded guilty of attempting to provide support and resources to a Middle Eastern foreign terrorist organization as part of a federal undercover operation, United States prosecutors said on Friday, according to Reuters.
Michael Wolfe, 23, admitted that "he planned to travel to the Middle East to provide his services to a foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria and to engage in violent jihad in Syria," federal prosecutors said in a statement, Reuters reported.
Wolfe may face up to 15 years in prison for his attempted involvement with the group, also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, according to Reuters.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said no date has been set for a sentencing hearing, Reuters reported.
Wolfe purchased a plane ticket to travel to Europe where he was to meet an FBI undercover employee, who Wolfe thought would help him travel to Turkey and then Syria, where he would join ISIL and join the armed conflict, according to Reuters. A lawyer for Wolfe was not immediately available for comment.
In documents filed on Friday at the U.S. federal court in Austin, Wolfe said he knowingly tried to provide support to ISIS, Reuters reported.
Wolfe and another Texas man, Rahatul Ashikim Kahn, 23, were arrested this month and faced separate federal charges of attempting to aid terrorists, according to Reuters.
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