Faouzi Ayoub stands handcuffed next to an Israeli policeman in a courtroom in Tel Aviv on Oct. 31, 2002. On Wednesday, July 6, the FBI added the Canadian citizen, who was born in Lebanon, to its list of most wanted terrorists.
DETROIT—The FBI added a former Dearborn, Mich., resident to its most wanted terrorists list Wednesday, a move that puts Faouzi Ayoub among some of the most hunted and dangerous men in the world.
The move coincided with federal prosecutors unsealing an indictment against the 44-year-old Lebanese man, who has remained hidden for almost two years.
The indictment accuses Ayoub, who is also a Canadian citizen, of using a phony passport to try to travel to Israel to detonate a bomb on behalf of the terrorist group Hezbollah.
Federal court records and published reports chronicle alleged terrorism ties, Ayoub’s brief detention in Israel and how he was freed in a controversial swap involving prisoners, a businessman and dead soldiers.
Little is known about Ayoub’s time in Dearborn, however, and federal officials weren’t saying whether they think he is living in the area.
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