Mohammad Dawood Alokozay, an Afghan national living in Fort Worth, pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge for knowingly transmitting a threat to injure another person through interstate and foreign commerce. The case followed a threat during an online video chat last fall; investigators found no bomb-making materials when they searched his home and cellphone.
Alokozay entered his plea Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton, according to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. The outlet reported he was 32; the Star-Telegram described him as 31, and the discrepancy has not been resolved. Both accounts say he lived in Fort Worth and pleaded guilty to one federal charge of transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce.
The charge arose from a social media livestream on Nov. 23, 2025, that included several people, among them another Afghan national. During the broadcast, Alokozay threatened a suicide attack using a bomb, according to FOX 4. Portions of the video were later recorded and posted on TikTok and other social media platforms.
Investigators Found No Bomb Materials
FOX 4 reported that investigators searched Alokozay’s home and cellphone after the threat surfaced online but found no bomb-making materials. Prosecutors said investigators concluded he did not intend to carry out an attack; that conclusion informed how the case was charged and resolved.
Alokozay was charged in November 2025, soon after the livestream. Prosecutors said members of the public who reported the video helped investigators identify him. FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said the FBI takes online threats seriously and will work with law enforcement partners to hold people accountable.
Multiple Agencies Worked the Case
The FBI’s Dallas and Fort Worth offices investigated with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations Dallas, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Worth Police Department, according to FOX 4. Reports of the livestream helped authorities identify and locate Alokozay.
Alokozay faces up to five years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release. No sentencing date has been set.
Immigration Status and Background
Alokozay became a lawful permanent resident in 2022 after entering the United States through Operation Allies Welcome, the federal effort that brought roughly 76,000 Afghans who had helped Americans to the country in 2021, according to NBC DFW. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has since placed a detainer on him, though what that will ultimately mean for his case has not been reported.
Legal and immigration context
A 2022 filing on the U.S. Supreme Court docket recounts that in the separate 2015 case Elonis v. United States, the Court rejected a negligence-only basis for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c): a statement’s being viewed as a threat by a reasonable person alone was not enough. The Court said the statute’s threat element required consideration of the defendant’s mental state, but did not reach First Amendment questions. A December 2021 Department of Homeland Security report said Operation Allies Welcome had welcomed more than 76,000 Afghan evacuees to the United States by that point. That program-wide figure does not establish Alokozay’s individual immigration history or status.
Online threats have also been the subject of federal prosecutions elsewhere. In Ohio, a Columbus man pleaded guilty to threatening on social media to kill federal immigration agents, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office there.
