ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The family man from Afghanistan arrested for visa fraud is now suspected of having ties to a terrorist group with access to cash, expensive phones and airline tickets. Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean found out the feds in Rochester released this information in order to keep Dilbar Dilbar locked up.

The government says this is “not a typical visa fraud case.” The filing by the U.S. attorney prosecuting Dilbar says the U.S. government knew Dilbar was a security risk when he tried to be an interpreter for American soldiers in Afghanistan and they were watching him ever since he and his family arrived in Rochester last year.

Here are the main points:

The government says Dilbar is affiliated with the Haqqani Network, a terrorist group in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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