A Bangladeshi national was arrested on Oct. 17, 2012, by federal authorities for allegedly plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York City. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the suspect in the plot, was arrested while attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in front of the Fed building on Liberty Street, according to authorities. Nafis is seen here in this undated personal photo.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested while allegedly attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in front of the Fed building on Liberty Street. He is seen here in this undated personal photo.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested while allegedly attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in front of the Fed building on Liberty Street. He is seen here in this undated personal photo.
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested while allegedly attempting to detonate what he believed was a 1,000-pound bomb in front of the Fed building on Liberty Street. He is seen here in this undated personal photo.
Police stand in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
Police stand in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
The Federal Reserve Bank is viewed on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
Police stand in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
Police stand in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
Police stand in front of the Federal Reserve Bank on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
The Federal Reserve Bank is viewed on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
The Federal Reserve Bank is viewed on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
The Federal Reserve Bank is viewed on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
Pedestrians pass the Federal Reserve Building, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
The Federal Reserve Bank is viewed on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.
A New York City Police Department vehicle is parked near the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
A man with two children passes the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 18, 2012, in New York.
A television cameraman shoots video in front of the residence of Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the alleged Federal Reserve plot suspect who was arrested after authorities say he attempted to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
Journalists, right, gather outside the residence of Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the alleged Federal Reserve plot suspect who was arrested after authorities say he attempted to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
This is door to the residence of Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the alleged Federal Reserve plot suspect who was arrested after authorities say he attempted to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
Spectators and journalists gather outside the residence of Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the alleged Federal Reserve plot suspect who was arrested after authorities say he attempted to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
This is residence of Quazi Mohammed Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, the alleged Federal Reserve plot suspect who was arrested after authorities say he attempted to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah, father of Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, weeps in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 18, 2012.
Bangladeshi Quazi Ahsanullah displays a photograph of his son Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis as he weeps in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 18, 2012.
Grandmother, left, and aunt of Bangladeshi Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis weep in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 18, 2012.
This courtroom sketch shows Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann in Brooklyn Federal Court in New York on Oct. 17, 2012, during a hearing for Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis.
This courtroom sketch shows Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, center, and his attorney Heidi Cesare, left, in Brooklyn Federal Court, Oct. 17, 2012, in New York.