United States v. Ahmed Brika

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

In Columbus, Ohio, Mohammed Bousf-iha provided Ahmed Brika, his brother-in-law, with a livelihood. He funded his job training and sometimes offered him a place to live when times were tough. After Bousfiha’s marriage to Brika’s sister had ended, Brika organized and executed a plot to kidnap Bousfiha in Morocco and hold him for ransom over an allegedly unpaid debt. More than five people were involved in the plot, from the women who initially orchestrated Bousfiha’s abduction to the strong-men who held him in captivity. The plotters held Bousfiha for more than seven…