GOOSE CREEK — Federal agents arrested a Goose Creek man accused of lying in immigration papers about his ties to the Islamic State group and obstructing federal agents.

Ala Aldeen Alshaikh, 31, appeared in magistrate court Sept. 16 after a grand jury indicted him on four separate counts.

They include making a false statement under oath in an immigration proceeding, making a false statement on an immigration document, making a false statement involving international terrorism to a federal agent and deleting records to obstruct a federal investigation.

The allegations against the Sudanese national focus on comments he made online over a period of several years. He has not been charged with providing material support for terrorism or participating in a conspiracy.

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