[5] Bahi took leadership of a non-profit center, Muslims Giving Back, providing Islamic community programming and meals.

[4][6] Muslims Giving Back worked with the ACLU to file a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for its surveillance of the group.

[13] In January 2024, he was honored at the 8th Annual Recognition Event of the Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community in Staten Island.

[1][15] In the six hours before federal agents seized Bahi's phone, he had abruptly deleted the encrypted messaging app called Signal, according to the complaint against him.

[18] Prosecutors said that the five people who allegedly made the straw donations, and were instructed by Bahi to lie, have all admitted to their participation in the scheme.