CVLT (organization)

{{Short description|Online child exploitation organization}} {{Infobox militant organization | name = CVLT | caption = | image = | other_name = Cult | founder = Rohan Rane | leaders = Colin Walker, Kaleb Merritt | foundation = 2019 | active = Active | country = France | clans = | area = Worldwide | ideology =  {{blist|Anti-feminism |Antisemitism |Islamophobia |Misanthropy |Misogyny |Neo-Nazism |Nihilistic violent extremism }} | position = | status = | partof = The Com | predecessor = | successor = 764 }}

'''CVLT''', also known as '''Cult''',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yousef |first=Odette |date=August 6, 2025 |title=Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5479882/teen-forums-violent-extremist-grooming |access-date= |work=NPR News |language=en}}</ref> was an international neo-Nazi and nihilistic online organization that was responsible for acts of child exploitation. Several of the organization's leaders were arrested in the United States for producing child pornography and coercing minors to commit self-harm. According to police, CVLT has exploited approximately 2 minors in California and 16 minors around the world in total.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hawkinson |first=Katie |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Neo-Nazi group accused of blackmailing children into making sadistic pornography |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/cvlt-neo-nazi-organization-child-exploitation-arrest-b2690473.html |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse |access-date= |website=DoJ |language=en}}</ref> The US Department of Justice described it as “an online group that espoused neo-Nazism, nihilism, and pedophilia as its core principles”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Greyman-Kennard |first=Danielle |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Neo-Nazis indicted in US for sexually exploiting minors |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-840127 |access-date= |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}</ref> CVLT is affiliated with The Com, a broad network of international cybercriminals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mascellino |first=Alessandro |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Europol Cracks Down on Global Child Abuse Network "The Com" |url=https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/europol-cracksdown-child-abuse/ |access-date= |website=Infosecurity Magazine |language=en-gb}}</ref> CVLT became known after one of its leaders, Kaleb Merritt, was caught and convicted of raping a girl and taking inappropriate pictures of her.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Lamoureux |first=Mack |date=February 20, 2024 |title=The Vile Sextortion and Torture Ring Where Kids Target Kids |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-vile-sextortion-and-torture-ring-where-kids-target-kids/ |access-date= |website=Vice Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

CVLT was created in 2019 by an Indian school student named Rohan Rane. CVLT started out as a Discord community with a couple hundred members who were followers of various far-right ideologies. Rohan then started attracting underage girls from around the world to join his community and chat with him and CVLT's members. Eventually, he managed to convince them to send him nude photos of themselves and used them to blackmail them into committing self-harm (including suicide) before being arrested in 2021; other members of CVLT were arrested in 2025.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Medjeveski |first=Valerie |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Rohan R. Trial: How a Student Manipulated and Tortured 12 Minors |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/proces-rohan-r-comment-un-etudiant-a-manipule-et-torture-12-mineures-155542 |url-access=subscription |access-date= |website=Le Journal du Dimanche |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Matthew |date=January 30, 2025 |title=4 men face life in federal prison for alleged international child exploitation ring |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/4-men-face-life-in-federal-prison-for-alleged-international-child-exploitation-ring/ |access-date= |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Harter |first=Clara |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Southland children among those coerced by neo-Nazis into producing child pornography, feds say |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-31/neo-nazi-cult-coerced-southern-california-minors-into-producing-child-pornography-feds-say |access-date= |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> CVLT is considered to be predecessor of 764, an influential child exploitation network.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2025 |title=CVLT Historical Threat Assessment of the Precursor to 764 |url=https://www.accresearch.org/shortanalysis/svjdmt1twn9ccz0c4uxnbqrauywwcn |access-date= |website=ARC Research |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 2024 |title=He was suicidal and needed help. A 15-year-old girl pushed him to kill himself on a live stream. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/10/discord-suicide-764-hervey/ |access-date= |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Its founder, Bradley Cadenhead, was inspired by CVLT to create the network, specifically after talking with one of CVLT's members in a ''Minecraft'' server.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Pföhringer |first=Daniell |date=June 25, 2025 |title=Group 764: This is the network of pedo-satanists |url=https://www.compact-online.de/gruppe-764-das-ist-das-netzwerk-der-paedo-satanisten/ |website=Compact Magazine |language=de}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Background === CVLT was created sometime in 2019 by a then-23-year-old top business school student named Rohan Rane, an Indian immigrant living in Antibes, France. Reportedly, he was bored from COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and decided to create his own community on Discord to chat with people, named CVLT. Rohan said the community was a "place where he came to proclaim his hatred of Jews and Muslims", with members of CVLT holding neo-Nazi and fascist ideologies. CVLT amassed over 150 members, some were not able to be identified by FBI during the investigation.<ref name=":1" /> An FBI agent got interested in CVLT in the spring of 2020 as he was investigating a 15-year-old American girl who unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide by slashing her throat after communicating with Rohan. It was revealed to him that the girl sent Rohan nude photos of herself after he formed a "romantic relationship" with her and gained her trust. After he had the photos, Rohan blackmailed her to send him more and if she did not obey him, he threatened to send the photos to the girl's relatives. The agent sent his findings to French law enforcement, which prompted a judicial investigation on October 6, 2020, by OCRVP. Rohan was taken into custody the next year, on April 6, 2021, and is awaiting his sentence in solitary confinement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Cecile |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Hate, torture and video: the Rohan R. case, the Antibes guru 3.0 arrested thanks to the FBI |url=https://www.elle.fr/Societe/Les-enquetes/Haine-torture-et-video-l-affaire-Rohan-R-le-gourou-3-0-d-Antibes-arrete-grace-au-FBI-4311468 |url-access=subscription |website=Elle Magazine |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2025 |title=From Antibes, behind his computer screen, a neo-Nazi student forced teenage girls to torture themselves |url=https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/antibes/depuis-antibes-derriere-l-ecran-de-son-ordinateur-un-etudiant-neo-nazi-contraignait-des-adolescentes-a-se-torturer-3104665.html |access-date= |website=France 3 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He turned 28-years old as of 2025 and is charged with "acts of torture and barbarity", "corruption of minors in an organized gang" and "extortion in an organized gang".<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2025 |title=Horror on video: Rohan R., the virtual "guru" accused of pushing teenagers to torture themselves |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/proces/l-horreur-en-video-rohan-r-le-gourou-virtuel-accuse-d-avoir-pousse-des-ados-a-se-torturer_GN-202503020026.html |access-date= |website=BFM TV |language=fr}}</ref>

When Rohan was arrested, the police searched his home, they discovered more than a dozen videos of his victims on his phone and computer. The recordings showed young girls between the ages of 11 and 16, filming themselves doing acts of self-harm. Their acts included cutting themselves, strangling themselves with belts and drinking bleach while crying. While in custody, Rohan described himself as a "psychopath devoid of any emotion", he said that he is interested in fascism and the Aryan Brotherhood. He also said that he felt excited by seeing "blood and violence" of his victims. ''Le Figaro'' reported that Rohan authored a guide titled "How to Get a Girl". In the guide, he described himself as a guru and bragged about attracting dozens of young girls. The guide explained his ways of attracting them, including that he threatened to ruin the lives of his "prey" and forced them to mutilate themselves by shoving blunt objects into their private areas, commit suicide or to eat feces. Rohan also said that all "western feminists" have rape fantasies.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 10, 2025 |title=What we know about Rohan R., the student from the Côte d'Azur accused of torture and acts of barbarism against twelve young girls |url=https://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/ce-que-l-on-sait-de-rohan-r-l-etudiant-azureen-accuse-de-tortures-et-actes-de-barbarie-sur-douze-jeunes-filles-972810 |url-access=subscription |access-date= |website=Nice-Matin |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paolini |first=Esther |date=March 3, 2025 |title=Teenage torture sessions and «sextortion»: inside the sadistic world of Rohan, a virtual torturer with very real abuse |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/seances-de-tortures-d-adolescentes-et-sextortion-plongee-dans-le-monde-sadique-de-rohan-bourreau-virtuel-aux-sevices-bien-reels-20250210 |url-access=subscription |access-date= |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref> Rohan was permitted access to his phone during his incarceration, which he used to continue his activities. In an interview with investigators, Rohan defended himself by saying that all of the girls filmed were adults who performed the actions willingly and that everything they did was staged, including their expressions of pain.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Vassas |first=Cécile |date=March 3, 2025 |title=The terrifying modus operandi of a guru suspected of convincing 12 teenagers to torture themselves |url=https://www.linternaute.com/actualite/faits-divers/7427938-le-mode-operatoire-terrifiant-d-un-gourou-suspecte-d-avoir-convaincu-12-ados-de-se-torturer/ |access-date= |website=L'Internaute |language=fr}}</ref> In one interrogation, he said there was no connection between CVLT and 764, he also said he has a hatred of humanity.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Leloup |first=Damien |last2=Seelow |first2=Soren |date=September 30, 2025 |title=From neo-Nazis to pedophilia: The online world of young men drawn to extreme violence |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/09/30/from-neo-nazis-to-pedophilia-the-online-world-of-young-men-drawn-to-extreme-violence_6745953_7.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251006233310/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/09/30/from-neo-nazis-to-pedophilia-the-online-world-of-young-men-drawn-to-extreme-violence_6745953_7.html |archive-date=October 6, 2025 |access-date= |work=Le Monde |language=en}}</ref> He confessed to targeting girls of Jewish and Muslim origin, as well as "feminists who denounced Hitler or Mussolini".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Le Borgne |first=Jeanne |date=March 3, 2025 |title=Neo-Nazi student from Antibes leads online cult, forces minors to torture themselves |url=https://www.parismatch.com/actu/faits-divers/a-la-tete-dune-secte-en-ligne-un-etudiant-neonazi-dantibes-contraignait-des-mineurs-a-se-torturer-248172?at_medium=affiliate&at_campaign=Yahoo |website=Paris Match |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Organization === In a Reddit post before he was caught, Rohan described CVLT as "dark and sadistic"; he said that he made his "slaves" cut his name on their bodies and that everything he does is "legal", he added that the "ultimate goal" of CVLT is to "create an endless supply of masochistic people to satisfy my sadism and my cult is existing for that very reason".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Berg |first=Tina-Besiree |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Sextortion Coms: Inside a Vile Child Exploitation Cult Run by Nazi-Linked Teens |url=https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/sextortion-coms-inside-a-vile-child-exploitation-cult-run-by-nazi-linked-teens/ |access-date= |website=Unicorn Riot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Balderas |first=Óscar |date=May 11, 2025 |title=Online cults for teens: now using incel and neo-Nazi propaganda to recruit |url=https://www.milenio.com/policia/adolescentes-incels-neonazis-reclutados-cultos-internet |access-date= |website=Milenio |language=es}}</ref> Two men, Colin Walker and Kaleb Merritt acted as leaders of CVLT, they were responsible for hosting and maintaining CVLT's online servers and controlling its membership. Both of them were arrested and charged with one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise in 2025.<ref name=":0" /> Kaleb Merritt was also one of the first CVLT's members and its prominent child groomer, he used online nicknames "eterrorist", "o9a", and "evil". One of CVLT's affiliated groups, led by Bradley Cadenhead, broke off and became known as 764. Before creating 764, Cadenhead produced child exploitation videos of him mutilating himself or committing animal abuse, his online name was known as "brad764", "felix" and "felix764" in the CVLT community. Some groups that broke off from CVLT have neo-Nazi and accelerationist ideologies, mimicking the style of Terrorgram network. Both CVLT and 764 are successors of even older organization, Order of Nine Angles (O9A), and share its ideology (neo-Nazism, satanism and western esotericism).<ref name=":9" /> ''Le Monde'' said both organizations had many members who pledged allegiance to O9A.<ref name=":13" />

Rohan stated that there is a hierarchy within CVLT, and that members of the group were promoted to higher "ranks" based on the severity of illegal content they uploaded.<ref name=":13" /> Rohan used Instagram and other social medias to promote CVLT, including Roblox. After the victim joined the community, he manipulated them into sending sexual photos of themselves before using them to blackmail them.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cross |first=Julie |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Unmasked: Who are the members of satanic and neo-Nazi cults 764 and CVLT targeting kids on Roblox |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/crimeinfocus/satanic-and-neonazi-cults-764-and-cvlt-finding-victims-to-target-on-roblox/news-story/5d9c02441e316d658549108e2b4ed648?amp&nk=434b5f0dd6a48abfe6517692dbc51d89-1709440579# |url-access=subscription |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> CVLT targeted mostly vulnerable children and made them watch NSFW videos to desensitize them to violence and sadism,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Austin |first=Paige |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Sadistic Neo-Nazi Pedophilia Group Groomed SoCal Children Online: DOJ |url=https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/sadistic-neo-nazi-pedophilia-group-groomed-socal-children-online-doj |website=Patch Media}}</ref> the examples included animals being tortured to death or women being raped on camera.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rokos |first=Brian |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Neo-Nazi group coerced 2 San Bernardino County children and others to film child porn, harm themselves, feds say |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/30/neo-nazi-cult-coerced-2-san-bernardino-county-children-to-film-child-porn-harm-themselves-feds-say/ |url-access=subscription |access-date= |website=San Gabriel Valley Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> Rohan's demands to the girls he blackmailed included requests to cut his name or Nazi swastikas on their skin, masturbate using knifes, drink bleach or eat their own hair, if they did not comply, he promised the victims to reveal the photos to their relatives, sometimes CVLT would carry out the threats. All of the acts were recorded on webcams and broadcast live on CVLT Discord server.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robles |first=Carlos |date=January 30, 2025 |title=4 members of neo-Nazi group charged with sexually exploiting children |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/01/4-members-of-neo-nazi-group-charged-with-sexually-exploiting-children/ |access-date= |website=BNO News |language=en-US}}</ref> Other acts included victims punching themselves, calling themselves racial slurs and in extreme cases CVLT members swatting them or making them commit suicide on livestreams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madera |first=Sophia |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Neo-Nazi Group Members Charged with Child Sex Abuse by DOJ |url=https://davisvanguard.org/2025/02/neo-nazi-group-members-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-by-doj/ |access-date= |website=Vanguard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> According to a prosecutor, other unnamed suspects may have participated in CVLT's activities.<ref name=":12" />

Throughout its history, the organization managed to sextort approximately 16 children around the world, including two children living in San Bernardino County, California.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2025 |title=Law enforcement targets online cult communities dedicated to extremely violent child abuse |url=https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/law-enforcement-targets-online-cult-communities-dedicated-to-extremely-violent-child-abuse |access-date= |website=Europol |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> The countries where victims of Rohan lived included Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, and Estonia.<ref name=":7" /> Martín Estrada, former prosecutor in California, said that there may be hundreds more unidentified victims based on the amount of child porn videos CVLT made.<ref name=":8" /> Police said that the victims were known to have a history of sexual abuse-induced trauma or mental health issues. CVLT was a member of The Com, an international cybercriminal network made of various groups, extremist groups of The Com are known to carry out similar crimes. CVLT was described by law enforcement as a neo-Nazi group, however, an unnamed cyber security expert quoted by ''Rolling Stone'', said that the group only used it for shock value and to look more provocative while not genuinely believing in Nazism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breen |first=Kerry |date=February 6, 2025 |title=International investigation targets online group leaders accused of child sex abuse and torture |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-group-leaders-cvlt-the-com-arrests-investigation/ |access-date= |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite magazine |last=Marks |first=Andrea |date=February 6, 2025 |title=Violent Online Group CVLT Coerced Kids to Self-Harm, DOJ Says |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/violent-online-group-cvlt-indicted-1235258786/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207050817/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/violent-online-group-cvlt-indicted-1235258786/ |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |access-date= |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Le Monde'' described neo-Nazi aesthetics of CVLT and 764 as "confused and poorly understood", saying they only exist only to gain "acceptance" for their members.<ref name=":13" />

== Investigation and arrests == [[File:Kaleb Meritt Mugshot.jpg|thumb|225x225px|Mugshot of Kaleb Merritt]] In 2021, CVLT and its splinter group 764 started being investigated by law enforcement after Rohan was arrested in France and a man by the name of Kaleb Merritt, one of CVLT's leaders living in Texas, was arrested and convicted of kidnapping and raping a minor. He is currently serving 33 years in Pocahontas State Correctional Center.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cantor |first=Dave |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Imprisoned neofascist indicted in new child sex abuse case |url=https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-02-07/kaleb-merrit-cvlt-henry-county-neofascist-indicted-child-sex-abuse |access-date= |website=VPM News |language=en}}</ref> Reportedly, Merritt communicated with an underage girl on CVLT Discord server and convinced her to run away from her family to have sex with him in the woods. The police found Merritt and the girl in Henderson, N.C. and arrested him. The girl later said that Merritt made her cut his name into her leg and pressured her to send him inappropriate photos of herself to prove her "devotion" to their relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Bill |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Texas man sentenced in rape of Bassett girl |url=https://martinsvillebulletin.com/news/local/crime-courts/texas-man-sentenced-in-rape-of-bassett-girl/article_837f0318-edab-11ec-a76d-cb37b59e40a7.html |url-access=subscription |website=Martinsville Bulletin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Roumeliotis |first1=Ioanna |last2=Mathieu-Lege |first2=Laurence |last3=Culbert |first3=Andrew |date=March 1, 2024 |title=Violent online groups are pressuring youth into harming themselves, authorities warn |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/online-groups-pressuring-youth-self-harm-1.7107885 |website=CBC News}}</ref> He was later charged with violating four more children.<ref name=":11" /> The next year, in 2022, all remaining high-profile members of CVLT joined 764 and resumed doing their crimes using CVLT's methods.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2025 |title=Group 764: The entire neo-Nazi terror network behind the grooming group |url=https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/764-neonazi-terrornetzwerk/3/ |website=Volksverpetzer |language=de}}</ref>

In January 2021, Riley Williams, participant of January 6 Capitol attack who stole the laptop of Nancy Pelosi, bragged about her crime on a CVLT-affiliated Discord server. She was later arrested and sentenced to three years in prison.<ref name=":3" /> In April 2021, 21-year old CVLT member Richard Ehiemere was arrested in East London by Metropolitan Police for possessing 29 indecent images of children on his phone. National Crime Agency were investigating him since he was 17-years old, the age when he joined CVLT Discord server.<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Anthony |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Dramatic moment paedophile, 21, linked to neo-Nazi abuse cult is arrested in Hackney |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dramatic-moment-paedophile-21-linked-202458735.html |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> Ehiemere was charged and convicted on two counts of fraud and three counts of sharing indecent images of children on CVLT server that he visited 383 times, he was sentenced in May 2025, receiving 12 months in prison, 18 months suspended and 10 years of restrictions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Rachel |date=March 25, 2025 |title=Blackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/young-british-men-convicted-for-crimes-as-online-gang-members-two-case-studies |access-date= |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Olorunfemi |first=Victor |date=May 2, 2025 |title=CVLT Group: UK court jails Richard Ehiemere 12 months for cybercrime |url=https://gazettengr.com/cvlt-group-uk-court-jails-richard-ehiemere-12-months-for-cybercrime/ |location=Abuja, Nigeria|access-date= |newspaper=Peoples Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> On December 13, 2023, FBI arrested 18-year-old Kalana Limkin for possession of child pornography. His court records showed that he was a former member of CVLT and 764, he also confessed to being the founder of splinter group Cultist while in custody.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2023 |title=FBI arrests Hilo teen who allegedly created online group promoting child porn, self-harm |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/12/19/fbi-arrests-hilo-teen-accused-creating-online-group-promoting-child-porn-self-harm/ |website=Hawaii News Now}}</ref><ref name=":10" /> During this year, FBI issued warnings about 764 and its subgroups, which included CVLT.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2023 |title=The arrest of a 23-year-old has led the FBI to a cult with links to Satanism and Paganism |url=https://wildhunt.org/2023/10/the-arrest-of-a-23-year-old-has-led-the-fbi-to-a-cult-with-links-to-satanism-and-paganism.html |website=The Wild Hunt}}</ref> On December 11, 2024, 20-year-old Baron Martin was arrested and charged with production of child pornography and cyberstalking on Discord. He was a member of CVLT and 764.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Tucson man charged with having ties to terror group |url=https://www.kold.com/2024/12/13/tucson-man-charged-with-having-ties-terror-group/ |website=KOLD-TV}}</ref>

In February 2025, two members of CVLT in the US were arrested on one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. The arrestees were Clint Borge, 43-year-old man living in Pāhoa, Hawaii and Collin Walker, 23-year-old man in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The police also charged two leaders of CVLT who are already incarcerated, Rohan Rane and Kaleb Merritt, with the same crime. The two men will be sentenced to either 20 years in prison or life without parole if found guilty.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Puna man accused of neo-Nazi sexploitation, 'horrific acts against children' |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/02/01/hawaii-news/puna-man-accused-of-neo-nazi-sexploitation-horrific-acts-against-children/ |access-date= |website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> The arrest operation was initiated after a student of Iowa State University, in November 2020, reported to police that a person she met online in 2018 was trying to coerce and abuse her. Two months later, an investigator assigned to the case started investigating the IP address of the suspect in Hawaii. She managed to track the owner of the IP addresses using its banking data, and revealed the suspect to be Clint Borge. She executed a search warrant of his residence and interrogated him in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Westin |first=Cleo |date=February 14, 2025 |title=Student report to ISUPD leads to charges for neo-Nazis |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/310219/news/student-report-to-isupd-leads-to-neo-nazi-charges/ |access-date= |website=Iowa State Daily}}</ref> She then called Crimes Against Children Task Force to help her with the case, the organization later managed to connect Borge to HSI-led case in California, involving four CVLT members, one of whom was still unidentified. She informed HSI about Borge and they identified and connected him to the group. The investigation took four years to complete.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitov |first=Teodora |date=February 24, 2025 |title=ISU Police solve international investigation into a neo-Nazi group that sexually exploited children online |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/isu-police-solve-international-investigation-145750601.html |access-date= |website=WHO13 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also == * No Lives Matter * 764 (organization)

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