Violent Extremist Network member arrested in High Point, NC
Prasan Nepal was arrested by the FBI and charged by the US DOJ as a leader of the group "764"
Whether you believe in it or not, evil indeed roams the earth.
764 is a decentralized, global sextortion network classified as a nihilistic violent extremist network (NVE) and a terror network by the U.S. DOJ and a "tier one" terrorism threat by the FBI.
And federal law enforcement has arrested one of its members in North Carolina.
Two men, Leonidas Varagiannis (21) and Prasan Nepal (20), have been charged for operating an international child exploitation enterprise through 764.
Nepal was arrested in North Carolina on April 22, while Varagiannis was arrested in Greece on April 28.
Filings against the pair say Nepal joined 764 in either late 2020 or early 2021, and quickly became a leader of the group and an offshoot called 764 Inferno. Online names used by Nepal include “Leather Jacket,” “Rebirth,” and “KingKrampus,” but he was most widely known in 764 Inferno as “Trippy.”
Records show Nepal is registered as an unaffiliated voter at his father’s address. His parents appear to be either separate or divorced based on public records and reside at different locations. Nepal was arrested by the FBI at a dwelling located 1511 Valley Ridge Dr in High Point, which is a different address than his voter registration.
“These defendants are accused of orchestrating one of the most heinous online child exploitation enterprises we have ever encountered — a network built on terror, abuse, and the deliberate targeting of children,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a press release. “We will find those who exploit and abuse children, prosecute them, and dismantle every part of their operation.”
According to the U.S. DOJ press release, 764 is a violent online network seeking to destabilize society through the exploitation of vulnerable populations, particularly minors.
“These defendants allegedly recruited others to exploit children and created a guide for the disgusting online content they wanted,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Let me be very clear about our efforts. The FBI and our partners are determined to protect juveniles from predators, and we will track down and hold accountable those who engage in these criminal activities. We will continue to work closely with our partners at the Department of Justice to bring justice to the victims of such cruel abuse.”
The defendants allegedly led a subgroup called 764 Inferno that operated through encrypted messaging apps, directing the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. They are accused of targeting vulnerable children online, coercing them into producing explicit content and self-harm under threat and manipulation.
U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. for the District of Columbia said, “The number of victims allegedly exploited by these defendants, and the depths of depravity are staggering.”
The DOJ press release includes a link to the unsealed complaint, which has some graphic descriptions of what victims were subjected to.
The alleged victims included at least eight minors, some as young as 13, with activities spanning from late 2020 through early 2025. Some of the victim descriptions are graphic, including one of sexual and violent physical abuse of a toddler.
The complaint describes how 764 “methodically targeted vulnerable populations,” which most often targeted minor girls with mental health challenges. Group members would then proceed to “socially engineer them, gain their trust, and then groom them to share private information and intimate visual depictions of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct."
The content 764 obtained from their victims went into edited “Lorebooks” that members would share in their group communications channels, which included Discord, Telegram, and in some cases, Reddit and 4Chan.
Parents - if you haven’t been closely monitoring your child’s social media and gaming use, NOW is the time to start.
Forums where 764 solicited their victims include popular gaming sites for kids like Roblox and Minecraft, but also include social media apps like Kik, Instagram, TikTok and others.
More To The Story
764 is known for sextortion and forcing victims to produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), which is then used to coerce them into further acts of violence, abuse, or self-harm.
The group also uses tactics like swatting and intimidation to silence victims and has increasingly focused on encouraging acts of nihilistic violence.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has an extensive 764 Profile which includes the offshoot groups, affiliations, and the origins of 764. Legal filings on 764 have also shown multiple offshoots focused on various tasks or subgroups created just to obscure the main group.
An example of a 764 offshoot is the "brick squad" which could be paid to perform molotov cocktail attacks on a person's home, shoot at a home and or burglarize a target's home.
Another is "Court," which specializes in doxxing and swatting and the most violent offshoot is known as “No Lives Matter,” which as been linked to at least two stabbing sprees in Sweden.
One of the most disturbing affiliations documented by ISD is the "Maniac Murder Cult (MKY).”
“MKY is a nihilistic, neo-Nazi, accelerationist group based in Russia and Ukraine that glorifies violence. The group is known for highly-stylized videos and images showing their members attacking the unhoused. The group, which is also known as MMC and MKU, has claimed credit for numerous murders although there is insufficient evidence to verify these claims. MKY ideological and instructional handbooks are often shared in 764 spaces. Notably, the 3rd edition of the MKY’s “Hater’s Handbook” claims formal alliances with a variety of groups including NLM, but there is little indication that these alliances have resulted in joint action."
Per ISD, 764 emerged in 2021 from the “Com Network,” an online community that focused on swatting while also engaging in sextortion and online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) distribution.”
The profile says 764 was created in 2021 by Bradley Cadenhead, who was 15 years old at the time, and the name came from his hometown’s zip code.
Cadenhead claimed there was a co-founder who he met on Minecraft and the group was inspired by a sextortion group called “CVLT.”
“Recent court filings have also demonstrated the ideological influence of the satanic neo-Nazi Order of Nine Angles (O9A) on CVLT,” per ISD.
The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) has a series called “The Fifth Estate,” which produced a video in March 20205 about 764 and its activities, including a victim sharing their story.
The video has graphic content of sexual assault, suicide, and violence and is age restricted and therefore can only be viewed on YouTube.