al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab
United States v. Cholo Abdi Abdullah
Status: Cholo Abdi Abdullah: Sentenced, December 22, 2025
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab
- Statutes
- Not stated in DOJ release
- First DOJ release
- November 4, 2024
Primary Sources
- Cholo Abdi Abdullah Convicted for Conspiring to Commit 9/11-Style Attack at the Direction of Al Shabaab, Office of Public Affairs, November 4, 2024 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
- Cholo Abdi Abdullah Sentenced to Life in Prison for Conspiring to Commit 9/11-Style Terrorist Attack on Behalf of Al-Shabaab, Office of Public Affairs, December 22, 2025 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Cholo Abdi Abdullah
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, December 22, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
Today’s sentencing followed ABDULLAH’s conviction after a jury trial that concluded on November 4, 2024.
- Age
- 34 (per DOJ release of November 4, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- conspiring to provide, and providing, material support to a foreign terrorist organization; conspiring to murder U.S. nationals, commit aircraft piracy, destroy aircraft, and commit transnational acts of terrorism
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- November 4, 2024
- Sentencing
- December 22, 2025
- Sentence
- two consecutive life terms in prison and a lifetime of supervised release (DOJ, December 22, 2025)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Cholo Abdi Abdullah," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-abdullah-2024/