Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 15 years over scheme to give poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York
A federal court in Brooklyn has sentenced the leader of a violent Eastern European neo-Nazi organization to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a series of terror plots targeting the Jewish community and other minorities.
Known as the “Commander Butcher,” Chkhikvishvili in 2025 pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and distributing instructions to make bombs and ricin.
