Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Posting Internet Bomb Instructions

MIAMI, FL — A Florida man has admitted to 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 up to 20 years in prison, 5 years of supervised release and up to a $250,000 fine.

U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of Miami and FBI Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the agency's Miami Field Office said Thursday that Ismail pleaded guilty to a federal charge 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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Federal prosecutors said Ismail allegedly made the posts between July 15 and Sept. 17. Ismail is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore at 2 p.m. on May 23.

"On at least four occasions in or around July, August, and September 2018, Ismail posted bomb-making instructions on the internet, on a social media platform," federal prosecutors said. "During that time, Ismail was a member of various rooms within the platform and each of these rooms contained members who support violent jihad."

Prosecutors said that other member of the groups made postings in support of violent jihad.

The investigation was conducted by the 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.