NYC’s alleged ISIS-loving wannabe bomber was once a clever online sneaker entrepreneur
NY Post
One of the alleged ISIS-driven bombing suspects accused of unleashing terror on a protest outside of Gracie Mansion was once an internet-savvy entrepreneur who made his money coding sneaker-buying bots, according to reports.
Before Emir Balat, 18, was arrested on federal charges for hurling a pair of homemade IEDs at an anti-Islam protest outside Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral residence on the Upper East Side Saturday — the Pennsylvania teen was known as a nifty self-made businessman, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
By the time he was just 13, Balat programmed a computer system to buy sought after sneakers online so he could resell them to teens in his hometown of Bucks County — squeezing profits from pawning off the shoes for hundreds of dollars, according to the outlet.
A Roblox account reportedly belonging to Balat showed that he used the platform — which has been ensnared in terror-recruiting and child-grooming controversies — to build his sneaker resale business.
His account on the gaming platform showed no outward signs of radicalization, and his online footprint suggested the teen from Langhorne was fascinated by computers, business, Islam and speaking Spanish, the outlet reported.
Garry Pozdnyakov, a business owner who used to sell sneakers in Bucks County and was one of Balat’s clients, described the terror suspect as a professional who appeared to be a “normal.”
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