( CNN ) A California man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS was indicted Wednesday , charged with attempting to support terror and other counts . Adam Dandach , 21 , of Orange , California , was arrested July 3 and initially charged in a complaint of making false statements on a passport application with plans to fly from Orange County 's John Wayne Airport to Istanbul , Turkey , and eventually reach Syria , the FBI said . Dandach was initially indicted in July on charges of making the false statements , and he pleaded not guilty , authorities said . But on Wednesday , a superseding indictment accused Dandach of attempting to provide himself and material support to work under the direction and control of ISIS , the FBI said . The new indictment accuses him of lying when applying for a replacement passport and then presenting the passport to an airline employee to travel to Istanbul , the FBI in Los Angeles said . Dandach is also accused of trying to obstruct the investigation by instructing a website administrator to delete his post history , authorities said . Virginia teen accused of being ISIS recruiter . Dandach , who is also known as `` Fadi Fadi Dandach , '' is scheduled to be arraigned March 16 . Dandach and his attorney could n't be immediately reach for comment Wednesday . He is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a terror group ; two counts of making of a false statement on a passport application to facilitate international terrorism ; and one count of obstruction of justice , authorities said . `` If convicted of all the charges in the indictment , Dandach would face a statutory maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison for the material support charge , up to 25 years for each of the two passport fraud charges , and a statutory maximum of 25 years for obstruction of justice offense , '' the FBI said in a statement . CNN 's Rosalina Nieves contributed to this report .
Adam Dandach , 21 , of Orange , California , was arrested July 3 . He was initially indicted on charges of making false statements on a passport application . The new superseding indictment accuses Dandach of attempting to assist the terror group ISIS .