SYDNEY — A fake plan to attack a Sydney synagogue using a caravan of explosives was fabricated by an organized crime network in order to divert police resources, Australian police said Monday.

Sayit Akca, the man accused of orchestrating a series of antisemitic attacks in Sydney, has spoken exclusively to Four Corners, admitting he was involved in sourcing a caravan full of explosives.

A caravan found packed with explosives in outer Sydney earlier this year was part of a "fabricated terrorism plot" concocted by criminals, Australian police have said. The caravan, which was found in ...