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The Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday charged five men from the US with an Internet “Child Exploitation Business called” Breggy Cult, “allegedly using layers of abuse” in self-promotion. “
In an unseen miracle, Federal prosecutors charged five people with “conspiracy to produce child pornography, conspiracy to obtain and distribute child pornography, and conspiracy to communicate interstate threats.”
Hector Bermudez, 29, of Queens, New York; Zachary Dosch, 26, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Rumaldo Valdez, 22, of Honolulu, Hawaii; David Brilhante, 28, of San Diego, California; And Camden Rodriguez, 22, of Longmont, Colorado, was arrested on Tuesday and will be extradited to the Eastern District and New York at a later date, according to the DoJ.
Prosecutors described a “platform at night on the Internet,” allegedly “harmful conduct” involving “repeated victims to kill themselves in their private parts or anus.”
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FBI director Kash Patel said the five leaders of the “Greggy Cult” “exploited, threatened and abused” children on online platforms. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“These five defendants allegedly targeted vulnerable children and others online – they exploited, threatened and encouraged and encouraged horrific acts of self-harm,” FBI director Patel said in a statement. “The FBI sends a message to those people involved in criminal activities through online gaming networks: You can’t hide in the shadows with a keyboard – we will find and arrest those who participate in these illegal and painful activities.”
Isimangaliso said the defendants were allegedly involved in the “production and distribution of child sexual abuse materials” between January 2020 and January 2021, and participated in other forms of abuse of people and adults.
According to prosecutors, the defendants and other members of the “Greggy Cult” met on servers of non-discovery and “targeted young victims, who had joined a video call or something that showed sexual or other explicitness.”
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US Attorney General Pam Bondi (L) and FBI Director Kash Patel announced on December 2 that five men were charged with running a “Child Exploitation Enterprise.” (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The group is also accused of finding victims on gaming platforms such as Roblox and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
CULT members allegedly hijacked screenshots and screen recordings of “sexually explicit behavior” before sharing them on other Discord servers and each other, according to the DoJ.
Attorney General Pam Bondi responded with surprise, saying “No child should be threatened or abused online, and no online platform should protect animals.”
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Prosecutors said the leaders of the “Greggy Cult” met through segregation servers and directed children to “behave openly.” (Tiffany Harfler-Geard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“The Department of Justice will continue to protect children, support survivors, and arrest anyone who preys on the vulnerable – online or offline -” Bondi added.
Prosecutors also accused the defendants of throwing their stones, saying they tried to frame adult victims as pedophiles or send victims to engage in acts of harm on camera. “
The defendants were said to be able to convince the victims to commit acts of ‘mutilation,’ including having ‘the names’ of cult members on their bodies, which prosecutors said they were ‘not prosecuting.’
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Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti of the DoJ’s Criminal Division said in a statement that “the defendants are charged with an unprecedented act of coercion and self-harm against children and other acts of corruption.”
US Attorney Joseph NocLella Jr. For the Eastern District and New York, the prosecutor called it “surprising,” adding that the children were “sometimes driven to the brink of suicide.”
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The Department of Justice said the five men were accused of capturing screenshots and screen recordings of “sexually explicit behavior” before sharing them with other classifieds servers. (Fox 2 Detroit)
The DoJ said that “Greggy’s Cult” was founded before the emergence of the “764” network, another group used for online child exploitation that the FBI launched a strong effort to take down.
Members of “7844” are alleged to have used popular platforms such as record, telegraph and roblox to recruit and deceive children.
