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No jail for LI man who funded bomb plotter

Mohammad Younis, center, of Centereach, exits federal court

Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Mohammad Younis, center, of Centereach, exits federal court in Manhattan. (Aug. 18, 2011)

The Long Island man who provided $7,000 to Times Square bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad last year but knew nothing of his terror plan was spared a jail term in his sentencing Thursday in federal court in Manhattan.

Mohamed Younis, a Pakistani horticulturist from Centereach, was given three years' probation and fined $2,000 for operating an unlicensed money transfer business by helping move the...

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