Florida Man Accused Of Posting Step-By-Step Bomb Instructions

MIAMI, FL — A Florida man has been charged with allegedly posting step-by-step instructions on how to build a bomb over the Internet. Thirty-four-year-old Tayyab Tahir Ismail of Pembroke Pines faces federal charges of distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.

"Ismail posted and distributed online documents, including, but not limited to, documents containing step-by-step instructions on how to construct a bomb and other explosives, with the intent that the information be used for and in furtherance of an activity that constitutes a federal crime of violence," explained federal prosecutors in Miami.

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The charges were announced on Monday by U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of Miami and FBI Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the agency's Miami Field Office.

Federal prosecutors said that Ismail allegedly made the posts between July 15 and Sept. 17. He made his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry S. Seltzer on Monday morning.

Ismail is scheduled to appear before Seltzer again at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26. for a detention hearing.

If convicted, Ismail faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each count of unlawfully distributing information. In addition, he faces up to three years of supervised release and up to a $250,000 fine for each count of any conviction.

The investigation was conducted by FBI’s Miami Field Office and South Florida’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen E. Gilbert of the Southern District of Florida and Trial Attorney Troy Edwards of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.

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