Court Case

USA v. Ismail, Tayyab Tahir

December 2018 (Updated July 19, 2019)
Pembroke Pines, FL
Homegrown

[SDFL] Tayyab Tahir Ismail of Pembroke Pines, Florida was charged with distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction. 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. During that time, Ismail was a member of various rooms within the platform and each of these rooms contained members who support violent jihad. Ismail posted to these various rooms and his postings could be seen by all members of the room in which the information was posted. In and around the same time of Ismail's postings, other members made postings in support of violent jihad.

Update: July 19, 2019
Tayyab Tahir Ismail was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.

Case Updates

2019-07-19 | Broward County Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Information Pertaining to Explosives Online

Tayyab Tahir Ismail was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.

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