Irfan Khan, 37, was among three people arrested on the same charges, according to the FBI.
Authorities described Khan as a resident of Miami, Florida. It` s unclear why he was in Los Angeles.
In total, prosecutors indicted six people: Khan, two others arrested in Florida and three still at large in Pakistan, according to a report of The Los Angeles Times.
The alleged ringleader was Hafiz Khan, 76, the imam of a mosque in Miami.
The arrests were part of a federal investigation into a Florida family of Pakistani expatriates that allegedly funneled money directly to religious extremists, the FBI said.
The money was funding a "jihad" to topple the Pakistani government and fight the United States, said the FBI.
"All six defendants are charged with conspiring to provide, and providing, material support to a conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap persons overseas, as well as conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, specifically, the Pakistani Taliban.
Defendants Khan, Rehman and Zeb are also charged with providing material support to the Pakistani Taliban," the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
"Today terrorists have lost another funding source to use against innocent people and U.S. interests. We will not allow this country to be used as a base for funding and recruiting terrorists, " John V. Gillies, special agent in charge of the FBI`s Miami office, said in a statement.
Khan will appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday and could face 15 years in prison for each count if convicted. (*)
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