A young Jewish-American online troll masquerading as an Australian-based jihadist terrorist has been arrested by the FBI in a joint investigation with the Australian Federal Police based on information provided by Fairfax Media.
Joshua Ryne Goldberg, a 20-year old internet user living at his parents house in Florida, has been posing online as "Australi Witness," an Islamic State supporter, and publicly called for a series of attacks against individuals and events in western countries.
In recent days he has claimed, under the guise of Australi Witness, that he is working with other jihadists to plan attacks in Australia and the United States. He distributed pictures of a bomb that he was working on with "2 lbs of explosives inside". 
A device which appears to resemble a 'pressure cooker bomb', similar to the type of explosive used in the Boston Marathon Bombings.
Early on Friday, Goldberg was arrested in his home by police in Florida, for, "Distribution of information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction".
An affidavit sworn in the case says that, between   August 19 and   August 28, Mr Goldberg "distributed information pertaining to the manufacturing of explosives, destructive devices, or weapons of mass destruction in furtherance of an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence".
U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley III, Goldberg instructed a confidential source how to make a bomb similar to two used in the Boston Marathon bombings two years ago that killed that killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others.
He's accused of instructing someone how to make a pressure-cooker bomb, fill it with nails, metal and other items dipped in rat poison.
Police say he sent five web links to sites that provided instructions that could be used to make explosives as part of a plot to explode a bomb on   September 13 at a memorial ceremony in Kansas City, commemorating the 9/11 the terrorist attacks.
Fairfax media can also reveal that Goldberg has been responsible for a number of other online hoaxes, including posing online as prominent Australian lawyer Josh Bornstein.
His online actions may have had fatal real-world consequences in   May.
In the leadup to an exhibition in Garland, Texas, at which pictures of the Prophet Mohammed were to be displayed, Goldberg in the guise of Australi Witness, posted a tweet with the event's address, and reposted a tweet urging people to go there with "weapons, bombs or with knifes".
Two Muslim men attempted an attack at the exhibition, and were killed by police. Australi Witness then praised them online as martyrs.  
A tweet from Australi Witness. Photo: Twitter
'Australi Witness' also urged followers to target Australian cartoonist Larry Pickering, who has previously depicted the Prophet Mohammed.
The 'Australi Witness' persona fooled members of the international intelligence community as well as journalists, with well-known analyst Rita Katz of SITE Intelligence Group saying the "IS supporter" held a "prestige" position in online jihadi circles and was "part of the hard core of a group of individuals who constantly look for targets for other people to attack."
Ms Katz has previously acted as a consultant for US and foreign governments and testified before Congress on online terrorist activities.
The Australian Federal Police were unaware of Goldberg's real identity until contacted by journalists working on behalf of Fairfax Media.
In the Bornstein hoax, Goldberg established a blog on the Times of Israel in the lawyer's name before posting an inflammatory article calling for the "extermination" of Palestinians. The Times retracted the article and apologised, and Bornstein went public with the story saying "I deplore racism???I've fought racism since I was four years old".
When confronted, Goldberg boasted he had avoided detection, saying, "That guy has no idea. He thinks Daily Stormer did it." He also said he wanted to obtain Bornstein's real life address, in order to "freak him out even more".
In conversations and in articles written under his real name, Goldberg repeatedly professed to be an advocate for free speech, and showed disdain for organisations and individuals who call for limits on hate speech or hate speech laws. Bornstein and Veiszadeh are known for advocating in this area.
As Australi Witness, he publicly linked himself to Amnesty International, saying that he used to work there. The fake jihadi also claimed a friendship with lawyer and anti-Islamophobia campaigner, Mariam Veiszadeh..
In online conversations, Goldberg said: "I wanna smear Amnesty and Mariam Veiszadeh???Amnesty is already in hot water over their links to CAGE, I wanna cement their jihadist connections and ruin their reputation. And Mariam is a Muslim whore, so smearing her as a jihadist should be easy."
Comment has been sought from Ms Veiszadeh and Mr Bornstein.