Friday, December 17, 2010

BOSTON (AP) -- A Pakistani man arrested during the investigation of the failed Times Square bombing is set to return to federal court in Boston.

Aftab Ali Khan is scheduled in court Friday for a detention hearing. He is charged with immigration fraud and lying to investigators. He is not accused of knowing about the botched attack.

A criminal complaint says that Khan gave $4,900 to Faisal Shahzad (FY'-sul shah-ZAHD'), of Bridgeport, Conn., who was later convicted in the bombing attempt. Federal prosecutors said it was part of a transaction to get an equivalent amount of money to Khan's family in Pakistan.

The complaint says the 28-year-old Khan, who lived in Watertown, got married after entering the U.S. in 2009, then filed papers to adjust his immigration status based on a fake marriage and without disclosing an illegal job.

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