U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of ABDELHAMID AL-MADIOUM, 24, to one count of providing and attempting to provide material support and resources, namely personnel and services, to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. AL-MADIOUM entered his guilty plea today before Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sentencing is currently scheduled for May 26, 2021 at 1:30 pm.
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 23, 2015, AL-MADIOUM and his family traveled from St. Louis Park, Minnesota, to Casablanca, Morocco, to visit their extended family. On July 8, 2015, AL-MADIOUM left Morocco and traveled to Istanbul, Turkey. There, AL-MADIOUM met up with members of ISIS who aided his border-crossing into Syria. Once in Syria, the defendant joined other members of ISIS who brought him to Mosul, Iraq.
According to the defendant’s guilty plea, after AL-MADIOUM arrived in Mosul, he enrolled into ISIS and received military training from its members. AL-MADIOUM was then assigned to the Tariq Bin-Ziyad Battalion of the Abu Mutaz al-Qurashi Division of ISIS, where he served as a solider for ISIS until 2016, when he was injured conducting military activities on behalf of ISIS. Following AL-MADIOUM’s injury, he remained a member of ISIS and continued to receive a stipend until his surrender to Syrian Democratic Forces in or near Baghouz, Syria, in March of 2019. In September of 2020, AL-MADIOUM was returned to Minnesota.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew R. Winter and Trial Attorney Danielle S. Rosborough of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting the case.
Defendant Information:
ABDELHAMID AL-MADIOUM, 24
St. Louis Park, Minn.
Convicted:
- Providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS), 1 count
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