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Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to ISIS
The Justice Department today announced the guilty plea of Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, 24, to one count of providing material support and resources, namely personnel and services, to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Al-Madioum, a native of Morocco and naturalized U.S. citizen, previously had been detained overseas by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and was subsequently transferred into FBI custody and returned to Minnesota. Al-Madioum entered his guilty plea today before Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A sentencing date will be scheduled at a later time.
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A 24-year-old Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to a charge consisting of providing material support to the Islamic State group, according to the United States Attorney s Office.
Abdelhamid Al-Madioum pleaded guilty to one count of providing and attempting to provide material support and resources, namely personnel and services, to IS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. He entered the plea on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
According to documents filed in court, on June 23, 2015, Al-Madioum and his family traveled from St. Louis Park, to Casablanca, Morocco, to visit their extended family. On July 8 of the same year, he left Morocco and traveled to Istanbul, Turkey. There, Al-Madioum met up with members of IS who aided his border-crossing into Syria. Once there, he joined other members of IS who brought him to Mosul, Iraq.