Some excerpts from the long First Superseding Indictment in U.S. v. Hakim (E.D. Mich.), filed Oct. 21, alleging conspiracy to transmit threats in interstate commerce as well as, for two defendants, witness intimidation and destruction of property to prevent seizure (8 of the 12 defendants had originally been indicted in May); the targets included UM officials and businesses connected with them, as well as the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit:
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targets → file → Detroit
The defendants are a group of individuals associated with the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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defendants → associate → Arbor
After the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, the defendants and unindicted conspirators orchestrated detailed plans to threaten University of Michigan leaders, law enforcement, and businesses with coordinated criminal acts.
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defendants → orchestrate → acts
Their goal included forcing the University of Michigan and other businesses to sever all perceived ties with the State of Israel.
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goal → include → Israel
To accomplish this goal, the defendants and their unindicted conspirators, in the Eastern District of Michigan and elsewhere, used encrypted messages, social media, and overseas collaboration platforms to research, target, and attack their victims.
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defendants → accomplish → victims
Then, they posted pictures of their attacks on social media, along with additional threats and warnings.
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they → post → threats
Their criminal activity included spray painting threats, breaking windows, and throwing glass jars filled with noxious chemicals into family homes.
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activity → include → homes
They marked their victims with threatening symbols used by Hamas, including red inverted triangles and red handprints.
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They → mark → triangles
They used the internet and social media to broadcast their message to ensure their threats and commitment to continuing criminal activity were heard by their victims and others who support Israel….
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who → use → Israel
The defendants and unindicted conspirators coordinated and planned their criminal activity, targeting selected victims using encrypted online group chats, websites, "teach ins" (seminars designed to encourage action), and other meetings.
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defendants → coordinate → action
They also initiated an online campaign against their targets by using social media platforms (Twitter/X and lnstagram) that were, at times, connected to student groups at the University of Michigan, including the former Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) (University of Michigan's chapter of "Justice in Palestine") and the TAHRIR Coalition.
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that → initiate → Palestine
On or about October 20, 2023, the defendants and unindicted conspirators publicly posted a list of demands on social media directed at University of Michigan leadership.
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defendants → post → leadership
Among other demands, they required the University to make a "full and complete divestment" from the State of Israel and any business supporting the State of Israel.
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they → require → Israel
Unsatisfied by the University's response, the defendants and unindicted conspirators "prepared to take action" against the leadership by what they called "autonomous actions."
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they → prepare → what
Some of those "autonomous actions" included, but were not limited to, forcibly entering and occupying University of Michigan buildings, defacing buildings, and blocking and disrupting events on campus.
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Some → include → campus
The defendants and their unindicted conspirators also posted threats on the internet that included photos of their "autonomous actions."
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that → post → actions
On or about May 2024, the defendants and unindicted conspirators participated in a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at the University of Michigan.
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defendants → participate → Michigan
Local police documented twenty-six criminal incidents directly related to the encampment.
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police → document → encampment
During the encampment, the defendants and unindicted conspirators used the internet to warn their opposition that "we look to our martyrs and freedom fighters for guidance … the student intifada will never be silenced."
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intifada → use → guidance
The defendants aspired to achieve the acclaim of the 1960s domestic terrorist organization "Weather Underground."
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defendants → aspire → organization
When the University shut down the encampment, the defendants and unindicted conspirators turned to individual targets for their criminal "autonomous actions."
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defendants → shut → actions
The defendants and unindicted conspirators held meetings where they collaborated to identify various specific targets of their "autonomous actions."
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they → hold → actions
The targets included University of Michigan leadership, businesses, and anyone they believed supported—directly or indirectly—the State of Israel.
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they → include → Israel
The defendants and unindicted conspirators used the internet to research personal addresses, photographs, political and social connections, business ownership, and other personal details.
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defendants → use → addresses
They performed surveillance on their targets and counter-surveillance on law enforcement.
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They → perform → enforcement
They discussed methods by which to harm their targets and their families, including poison, bombs, and psychological torture.
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They → discuss → poison
For example, on or about May 21, 2024, D-3 PAIGE ELIZABETH FEYOCK and D-4 AHMET KEREM KORKAYA (a medical student at the time) exchanged the following messages in which they agreed to "kill," "torment," and "terrorize" their targets:
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they → exchange → targets
KORKAYA: we are finding [V-4]'s address if we don't have it already [so I can] drive my car into it.
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I → find → it
FEYOCK: Let's get [V-4's] kids bruh / and [V-2's] too.
KORKAYA:
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's → let → kids
wallah [by God] paige i wanna do something/ the only way to clear my conscious [sic].
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i → do → conscious
KORKAYA: wallah [by God] I'm gonna be the dirtiest fucking doctor ever/ I'm gonna be [V-l]'s doctor /poison her ass slowly.
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I → go → ass
FEYOCK: (agreeing) We need people following [V-1]/ get into that house then bum it down.
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We → agree → it
From approximately October 2023 through and including April 2025, the defendants and unindicted conspirators targeted individuals and businesses in the Eastern District of Michigan and elsewhere, including: The University of Michigan's President, Chief lnvestment Officer, Provost, and members of the Board of Regents and their businesses; a University of Michigan police officer; Rolls Royce Solutions America, Inc.; Maersk, Inc.; and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
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defendants → include → Detroit
The defendants and unindicted conspirators recruited participants to engage with them in their "autonomous actions."
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defendants → recruit → actions
Their planning efforts included purchasing supplies, meeting to coordinate and distribute supplies, mapping routes, performing surveillance, and using internet-based collaboration tools to draft threats to their targets.
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efforts → include → targets
As part of the conspiracy, the defendants and unindicted conspirators traveled at night to the targeted homes and businesses.
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defendants → travel → homes
They damaged and defaced homes and businesses with spray painted messages, threats, and symbols, including inverted triangles, red handprints, and phrases such as "INTIFADA" and "DIVEST NOW."
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They → damage → INTIFADA
The defendants and unindicted conspirators also left demand notes containing additional threats, caulked doors shut, bike-locked entryways, broke windows, and threw glass jars filled with butyric acid and dye into the targeted homes.
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defendants → leave → homes
The defendants and unindicted conspirators took photographs of the destruction and posted the photos online with "official statements" and additional warnings and threats such as "you cannot hide" and "we only come back stronger."
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we → take → hide
On or about April 7, 2024, through on or about April 18, 2024, D-2 AMATULLAH ALIASGAR HAKIM, D-3 PAIGE ELIZABETH FEYOCK, Unindicted Co-conspirator One (UCC-1 ), and others used CryptPad.fr to create a meeting agenda that included "targeting the Board of Regents."
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that → use → Regents
…and 9 more, not listed.
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