Feds Indict 8 In Conspiracy Threatening U-M Officials, Businesses
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(Source: MIRS.news, Published 06/10/2026) Federal prosecutors today unsealed an indictment against eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan, alleging they conspired to threaten university officials, law enforcement and businesses.
The threats, including those targeting the homes of a U-M official and the provost, were made via posts to social media, and included discussions on how to harm their targets and their families by using poison, bombs and psychological torture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
One defendant, Ahmet Kerem Korkaya, a medical student, allegedly stated that the target’s “entire family” was on his “hit list” and a second defendant, Paige Elizabeth Feyock, agreed that they should “get” the “kids” of two victims.
Korkaya also allegedly referred to a third victim, saying: “I’m gonna be the dirtiest f------ doctor ever/I’m gonna be [victim’s] doctor/poison her a-- slowly.”
The 63-page indictment accuses the defendants of using encrypted chats to research, target and attack victims amid a campaign of threats that emerged amid Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, according to the government.
The charges came after top U-M officials and their homes had been targeted by demonstrations and vandalism in the past few years as protesters demanded that the university halt its endowment investments in military contractors and Israeli companies because of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
According to the indictment, the eight defendants’ crimes include spray-painting threats, breaking windows and throwing glass jars filled with noxious chemicals into family homes.
"They marked their victims with threatening symbols used by Hamas, including red inverted triangles and red handprints,” the indictment reads. “They used the internet and social media to broadcast their message to ensure their threats and commitment to continuing criminal activity were heard by their victims and others who support Israel."
In addition to Feyock, 26, of Ann Arbor, and Korkaya, 28, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the defendants include: 2024 U-M graduate Zainab Aliasgar Hakim, 23, of Canton Township, who was fired from her full-time job at the university; Ann Arbor residents Amatullah Aliasgar Hakim, 21, Jonathan Hongru Zou, 22, and Colin Hunter Weger, 24; Alexander Matthew Sepulveda, 23, of Chicago; and Mariam Muhammed Odeh, 24, of Dearborn.
They are charged with conspiracy to transmit threats in interstate and foreign commerce, which is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Zainab Hakim and Feyock also face a 20-year felony alleging witness intimidation for allegedly threatening an unnamed U-M student in July and August 2024 in hopes of preventing the victim from informing a law enforcement officer about the campaign of threats, according to the indictment.
Sepulveda is also charged with destruction of property, which is a five-year felony, for allegedly deleting and clearing the contents of his cell phone and laptop to prevent the government from obtaining information from the devices.
The indictment also makes references to unindicted co-conspirators.
The defendants made their initial court appearances today, and arraignment and a detention hearing are set for 1 p.m. June 12.