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Leader of Violent Extremist Network '764' Pleads Guilty in DC Child Exploitation Case
Nepal faces 15 to 30 years in prison after admitting he helped direct recruitment and abuse rules for the 764 network.
- On Wednesday, Prasan Nepal, 21, of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors as leader of 764, a nihilistic violent extremist network, according to the Justice Department.
- Affiliated with "The Com," 764 operated as a global network using encrypted platforms to recruit members and coerce minors into producing violent material from about 2021 through 2025.
- Prosecutors identified at least eight minor victims, some as young as 13, subjected to psychological torment and forced acts of self-harm; Nepal, also known as "Trippy," faces 15 to 30 years in prison.
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro stated the group pursued "a deliberate campaign to corrupt the vulnerable," while co-defendant Leonidas Varagiannis remains detained in Greece awaiting trial.
- The FBI manages 250 investigations tied to 764 and similar networks, with at least 100 more opened in six months; Allison Nixon, chief research officer at Unit 221B, said "success can be directly measured in terms of child lives.
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A senior leader of the violent online network known as 764 has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit a child and now faces at least 15 years in…
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