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A gentleman arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing has pleaded guilty to US immigration and illegal money-transfer charges and now faces deportation to his native Pakistan.Aftab Ali, also called Aftab Khan, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boston to time served under a plea agreement between prosecutors and defense lawyers. He has been placed from the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that’s expected to deport him inside of weeks.He didn’t encounter any terrorism-related charges.The offer was attained due to the fact Ali, 28, had been in custody for 11 months since his arrest, and under federal sentencing suggestions would have faced only a six to 12-month sentence if convicted at trial, attorneys stated.Ali unwittingly supplied $ 4,900 to Faisal Shahzad, of Bridgeport, Conn., who was later on convicted within the tried bombing, federal authorities mentioned.He was one particular of 3 men arrested in New England in connection with the failed bombing try in May possibly. He was arrested on the Watertown apartment he shared with his uncle during an early-morning FBI raid.Ali arrived towards the U.S. in August 2009 on the 90-day visa to obtain married, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb explained in court. Under terms of the visa he wasn’t permitted to work but soon landed a task at a Brookline gas station.He did get married in November 2009, but not to the female he had come for the country to marry initially. He faced the immigration charge simply because on his application for a lengthier term visa based on his marital status, he lied by declaring he wasn’t employed, Weinreb stated.The unlicensed money transmitting charges pertain to two transactions, such as 1 when he acted as being a middleman to provide Shahzad with all the cash used in the Times Square plot.Ali essentially was duped