May 23 (UPI) -- The alleged leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi White supremacist group has been extradited from Moldova to the United States, the Department of Justice said Friday.
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old Georgian national, is accused of inspiring "multiple senseless killings," including planning a New Year Eve's attack in New York City, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Chkhikvishvili was arrested in Moldova in July 2024, and was arraigned Friday in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn.
The defendant, who goes by the moniker "Commander Butcher," was indicted on four charges of soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence in New York City. The 10-page indictment was filed July 15, 2024, in the Eastern District of New York.
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