In a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, a homeless man from Florida was accused of planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange in order to compel a “reboot” or “reset” of the American government.
According to the complaint, the FBI began investigating Harun Abdul-Malik Yener in February after receiving a tip that he was keeping bomb-making plans in a Coral Springs storage unit.
According to the complaint, FBI investigators inspected the storage facility in early March with Yener’s consent and discovered spiral-bound notebooks containing drawings of land mines, explosives, missiles, and other improvised explosive devices.
According to the complaint, Yener admitted to agents at the time that he was making rockets using extremely volatile chemical mixes that might blow up if they were mixed improperly. According to the lawsuit, he also stated that he was recruited via Facebook Messenger to join ISIS abroad but changed his mind since he didn’t think the terrorist organization would be successful in accomplishing its goals.
He told the FBI agents near the end of the conversation that he was waiting for the proper time to act in the United States. According to the lawsuit, he stated, “I am just waiting for some sort of hole to open up and I can go, ah, there it is, I’ll know it when I see it.”
Agents returned to the unit a few days later with a search warrant in hand and found “many watches with timers, electronic circuit boards, and other electronics” that “could be used for constructing explosive devices,” according to the complaint, along with designs of bombmaking.
According to the report, Yener was thereafter contacted by undercover FBI agents who persuaded him that they intended to assist him in carrying out an assault. All summer and into the fall, they followed Yener.
According to the complaint, he requested a ride from an undercover agent to a Walmart in October, where he obtained supplies and equipment, such as a soldering iron and a multimeter voltage reader, that he would need to make an improvised explosive device. According to the complaint, he later informed the undercover agent that he had decided to detonate the IED at the New York Stock Exchange.
According to the complaint, Yener stated, “There is one place that would be hella easy…the stock exchange, that would be a great hit.” Many people would be in favor of it. When people saw that, they would think, “Dude, this guy makes sense,” and “They’re robbing us.” That’s ideal, then.
A few days later, he declared his intention to bomb the stock exchange the week before Thanksgiving to a team of FBI undercover operatives. According to the complaint, he also stated that he wanted to make a statement outlining his goals and motive to a news station.
According to the complaint, he produced a number of audio recordings on November 12 with the assistance of an FBI undercover agent, stating that he intended to submit them to NBC News on the day of the attack or the day following.
The events you just saw at the Stock Exchange marked the start of a new era. According to the complaint, he stated on one of the tapes, “A new revolution.”
Additionally, he stated, “We ask and encourage others to follow suit in their pursuit for change,” according to the statement.
Yener was accused of attempting to destroy or damage any building utilized in interstate or international trade by using an explosive. Whether he has legal representation was not immediately apparent.
Seamus Hughes from Court Watch was the first to report his arrest.
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