By Eireann Van Natta, Daily Caller News Foundation | May 01, 2025
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced the arrest of two alleged leaders of a violent child exploitation network connected to a Satanic, neo-Nazi group.
Authorities arrested Leanoidis Varagiannis, or War, 21, and Prasan Nepal, or Trippy, 20, in April, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Varagiannis, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in Greece on Monday. Nepal was arrested in North Carolina on April 22.
Patel announced the arrest of Varagiannis and Nepal online on Wednesday.
“Working with [the DOJ] and [Attorney General Pam Bondi], I can now report the FBI and our partners have arrested two individuals on charges of operating an international child exploitation enterprise.”
“This is a significant case in our renewed mission to crack down on child sexual exploitation and abuse — heinous crimes that no child or parent should ever be faced with,” he added.
The defendants were involved in coordinating 764 and directed a primary subgroup called 764 Inferno, according to an affidavit.
They allegedly “directed, participated in, and otherwise caused the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” according to the DOJ.
The network is a “nihilistic violent extremist (NVE)” group which targets “vulnerable children online,” the affidavit read. Authorities said 764 is an international network.
The members of 764 would target vulnerable individuals and “groom them to share private information” as well as “intimate images,” according to court documents.
The exploitation network allegedly coerced victims to share increasingly extreme content, including “images of the victims cutting the names of 764 members into their bodies.”
“The 764 network’s accelerationist goals include social unrest and the downfall of the current world order, including the United States Government,” the affidavit read.
The group is a “satanic cult,” according to a CBC News investigation.
“Police say 764 and its related groups are terrorizing thousands of children around the world. Its members prowl on popular platforms and lure vulnerable minors into private groups where they push them to self-harm, hurt their pets, and kill themselves,” the Canadian outlet reported.
764 has been influenced by the satanic neo-Nazi Order of Nine Angels (09A), according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), citing court documents.
764 has used online platforms to target victims, including Snapchat, Instagram, Roblox and Telegram, the institute found.
The leaders of 764 subgroups allegedly often require prospective members to “provide proof of illegal activities” before allowing them access to the network. This helps the network evade law enforcement, according to the ISD.
The FBI discovered the group in 2023, two years after an arrest of individual on gun charges.
The members allegedly psychologically tormented and inflicted “extreme violence against minors,” according to the DOJ.
If found guilty, Varagiannis and Nepal face a maximum of life in prison.
Eireann Van Natta is an intelligence state reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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