U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation

In July 2004, a U.S. grand jury issued an indictment in the case of U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation, a Texas-based charity accused of providing financial support to Hamas. Convictions were handed down in November 2008, and sentences in May 2009.

Defendants

• Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as the “HLF”

Name	Role	Sentence
Shukri Abu Baker	President	65 years in prison: 10 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization; 11 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, funds, goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist; 10 counts of conspiracy to commit, and the commission of, money laundering; one count of conspiracy to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and one count of filing a false tax return.
Ghassan Elashi	Chairman	15 years in prison.: one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization
Mohammed el-Mezain		65 years in prison: 10 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization; 11 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, funds, goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist; 10 counts of conspiracy to commit, and the commission of, money laundering; one count of conspiracy to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and two counts of filing a false tax return.
Haitham Maghawri		Fugitive
Akram Mishal		Fugitive
Mufid Abdulqader		20 years in prison: one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, one count of conspiracy to provide goods, funds, and services to a specially designated terrorist, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Abdulrahman Odeh		15 years in prison: one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, one count of conspiracy to provide goods, funds, and services to a specially designated terrorist, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Unindicted co-conspirators

With the indictment of the defendants was a lengthy list of unindicted co-conspirators, both individuals and organizations. , grouped into several overlapping categories:

1. Individuals/entities who are and/or were part of the HAMAS' social infrastructure in Israel and the Palestinian territories:
2. Individuals who participated in fund-raising activities on behalf of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
3. Individuals/entities who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee and/or its organizations
4. Individuals/entities who are and/or were members of the Palestine Section of the International Muslim Brotherhood
5. Individuals who are and/or were leaders of HAMAS inside the Palestinian territories
6. Individuals who are and/or were leaders of the HAMAS Political Bureau and/or HAMAS leaders and/or representatives in various Middle Eastern/African countries
7. Individuals/entities who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood
8. Individuals/entities that are and/or were part of the Global HAMAS financing mechanism
9. Other individuals/entities that (Hamas deputy political leader) Marzook utilized as a financial conduit on behalf and/or for the benefit of HAMAS
10. Individuals who were HLF employees, directors, officers and/or representatives
11. HAMAS members whose families received support from the HLF through the HAMAS social infrastructure

The Council on American Islamic Relations was listed in Category 3.

In Category 7 was the Islamic Society of North America.