An Ohio man has been convicted of lying to a federal jury about his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Eric Tabaro Nshimiye, 54, was convicted Tuesday of four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. The charges stemmed from testimony he gave during the 2019 federal trial of Jean Leonard Teganya, another participant in the genocide who was prosecuted in Boston.

Nshimiye testified on Teganya’s behalf and denied that either man had participated in the killings or belonged to Rwanda’s then-ruling Hutu-dominated political party. Prosecutors later charged Nshimiye with lying under oath about his own involvement and his political affiliations.

Teganya had been accused of concealing his membership in the ruling party and his involvement in the genocide while seeking asylum in the United States. In April 2019, he was convicted of two counts of immigration fraud and three counts of perjury.

During Nshimiye’s trial, witnesses described his alleged participation in attacks against Tutsi men and women while he was a medical student at the University of Rwanda in Butare. One witness, who was 17 years old during the genocide, testified that he saw Nshimiye beat a tailor who worked at the university hospital to death with a club.

Other witnesses described Nshimiye’s alleged involvement at roadblocks where Tutsis were separated from Hutus before being killed. Testimony also linked him to the ruling political party and its rallies, contradicting his statements during Teganya’s trial.

The Rwandan genocide began in April 1994 after a plane carrying Rwanda’s Hutu president was shot down near Kigali. Over approximately 100 days, members of the Hutu majority and their allies slaughtered an estimated 800,000 people, predominantly Tutsis, including women and children.

According to prosecutors, Nshimiye fled Rwanda in the summer of 1994 and traveled to Kenya before entering the United States as a refugee in 1995. Authorities said he concealed his alleged participation in the genocide from U.S. immigration officials and continued providing false information as he obtained permanent residency and later American citizenship.

Nshimiye has lived and worked in Ohio since 1995, according to the Justice Department.

He faces up to five years in prison for each of the four perjury convictions and up to 10 years for obstruction of justice. His sentencing is scheduled for January 26, 2027.

The conviction marks the latest U.S. prosecution involving allegations that individuals accused of participating in the Rwandan genocide concealed their pasts to enter or remain in the country. Nshimiye’s sentence will be determined by the federal court.