Msnbc said that the U.S. government has issued an arrest warrant for an American citizen who is seeking asylum in Sweden after he went public with allegations of illegal detention and torture while in the United Arab Emirates – which he believes was carried out at the behest of the FBI.

The U.S. government charges that Yonas Fikre, 33, an Ethiopia-born resident of Portland, was involved in money transfers set up to avoid U.S. reporting requirements, according to newly filed documents.