Feds bust leader of neo-Nazi cult - offshoot of the satanic group 764 to groom and exploit kids, Abuse at Northern California nonproft

 

Feds bust leader of neo-Nazi cult - offshoot of the satanic group 764 to groom and exploit kids.  "upon his arrest, admitted to law enforcement that he is the creator of "Cultist," a splinter group of the satanic anarchist organization known as "764," that targets children and uses child sexual abuse material and videos of animal cruelty, self-harm, and other extreme acts of violence."

 

- Feds bust leader of neo-Nazi cult who used Discord and Telegram to groom and exploit children

 

- Six men allege ‘rampant, unceasing sexual abuse’ at secluded Northern California nonprofit

 

Feds bust leader of neo-Nazi cult who used Discord and Telegram to groom and exploit children Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Dec 18, 2023

Kalana Limkin was arrested Friday in Hawaii for possession of child pornography as part of an FBI investigation into an online satanic cult using social media platforms Discord and Telegram to recruit victims.
The leader of an online cult was arrested Thursday for possession of child sexual abuse material.
Kalana Limkin, prosecutors say, founded an offshoot of the satanic group 764 to groom and exploit kids.
Limkin shared child abuse images and recruited victims via Telegram and Discord, per court filings.
The leader of a racist pedophile cult was arrested late last week following a seven-month-long investigation by the FBI into a network of Telegram and Discord servers dedicated to spreading neo-Nazi ideology and exploiting children, according to court documents reviewed by Business Insider.

The initial complaint, which the court unsealed on December 15, indicates Kalana Limkin of Hawaii has been the subject of a criminal investigation since May and, upon his arrest, admitted to law enforcement that he is the creator of "Cultist," a splinter group of the satanic anarchist organization known as "764," that targets children and uses child sexual abuse material and videos of animal cruelty, self-harm, and other extreme acts of violence to "accelerate chaos in society."

"The group functions together as a coordinated unit by using Discord and Telegram as vessels to desensitize vulnerable populations through sharing extreme gore and child sexual abuse material ("CSAM"), with the purpose of breaking down societal norms and normalizing explicit material to corrupt minors and groom them towards future violence," according to a motion to detain Limkin without bail while he awaits trial....
Limkin is accused in the complaint of posting at least six images of child sexual abuse material on Discord servers, as well as exploiting a minor he first met through the now-defunct site Omegle, which shuttered earlier this year, just days after it settled a civil claim regarding sexual abuse on the platform.
Per the complaint, Limkin showed the girl a graphic video of sexual abuse against a child, asked her for photos of herself in her underwear, and told her he had a collage of pictures of girls he had manipulated into cutting his name into their bodies.

During an interview with law enforcement, the complaint indicates Limkin admitted to "asking minor females to send him nude photographs of themselves and receiving child pornography links and images via his Discord server, 'Cultist.'" Per court documents, he also admitted to having child pornography files that were stored in his phone and truck....

A network of exploitative online cults

The 764 group that Limkin based his Cultist faction on is itself an offshoot of The Order of Nine Angles (O9A), which, according to the complaint, "espouses the belief that society must be destroyed from within. O9A encourages members to engage in criminal acts, including violence, sexual assault, murder, and terrorism, to accelerate and cause the demise of Western society."

"O9A advocates 'culling,' a form of human sacrifice, to eliminate Jews, people of color, and others deemed to be inferior under their Social Darwinist views, as well as rape and sexual assault as a means of asserting domination, breaking social norms, and propagating the expansion of the white race," according to the complaint against Limkin. "O9A embraces terrorism, including radical Islamic jihadist ideology and the violent tactics of jihadist groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ("ISIS") and al Qaeda, as a means to accelerate the decline of Western society and to attack Jewish people in particular."
The FBI warned the public about 764 and similar groups in September, saying they use online platforms to target youth between the ages of 8 and 17 — especially LGBTQ+ youth and racial minorities — using blackmail, threats, and manipulation to get them to record or live-stream self-harm, sex acts, "and/or suicide," adding that members circulated the footage to further extort and control their victims.

In their motion to deny bail, prosecutors indicated the weight of the evidence against Limkin is "substantial."
"The defendant has in fact confessed to the crime of possessing child pornography. Further, he admitted to being the creator of 'Cultist,' which he acknowledged promotes self-harm and cutting," the motion reads. "The defendant also admitted that he had asked minor females to send him nude photographs of themselves. This evidence demonstrates the United States' case against the defendant is formidable, making the defendant's conviction quite likely."....
https://www.businessinsider.com/feds-bust-nazi-cult-telegram-discord-grooming-exploit-children-2023-12 

 

Six men allege ‘rampant, unceasing sexual abuse’ at secluded Northern California nonprofit By Andrew J. Campa Dec. 21, 2023

They were searching for spiritual awakening and enlightenment. Instead, the six men were subject to “rampant, unceasing sexual abuse” by their spiritual guide, in concert with members of a controversial religious group and workers at an award-winning Northern California winery, the men allege in court documents.

The unnamed plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Friday in Yuba County against the Fellowship of Friends — a nonprofit religious group described by some as a cult — along with its founder and spiritual teacher, Robert Earl Burton, and its Renaissance Vineyard and Winery.

Fellowship of Friends bills itself as an organization that helps members reach their true potential, an upscale throwback to the erstwhile Bay Area communes that separated participants from society so they could pursue self-realization. Former Fellowship members, however, allege the group is really a cult of personality masquerading as a nonprofit, and that its true purpose is to satisfy Burton’s sexual needs. Their civil complaint seeks damages for 15 alleged violations, including gender violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The plaintiffs are also asking for a trial by jury....
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-21/six-men-allege-sexual-abuse-fellowship-of-friends 
 

Invisible predators: the shifting behaviour of paedophiles has Australian police playing catch-up

 Invisible predators: the shifting behaviour of paedophiles has Australian police playing catch-up

As a former childcare worker stands accused of more than 1,600 charges, experts say changing technology habits are making offenders harder to detect

Andrew Messenger, Ben Smee and Jordyn Beazley Fri 4 Aug 2023

In the Brisbane office of the taskforce Argos, scrawled on a whiteboard was a “most-wanted” list containing the online identities of dozens of global members of a dark web paedophile forum.

The man now accused of being the country’s worst-known serial child sexual abuse offender was not on that list.

Police this week revealed the former childcare worker stands accused of 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 young girls at a dozen centres over a period of 15 years.

Unlike many of the prolific online posters Argos helped put away, the accused man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – is alleged to have shared only a very small number of images and videos online, relating to two girls at a suburban Brisbane childcare centre. Police were reportedly stunned when they raided his home and found cameras and phones containing almost 4,000 child abuse images and videos dating back to 2007.
The man remains in custody and his case is scheduled for a mention in Brisbane magistrates court on 21 August.

An internet arms race
For serial child abusers, the internet has proven the biggest resource and the biggest threat.
The dark web can be a source of money, illegal images, prestige – and community. But it also brings danger.
The illegal chat boards and forums have always been designed to be hard to access, but police have repeatedly cracked in, with often devastating results. In the case of Argos, police succeeded in taking the forum over completely.

In recent years researchers and law enforcement agencies have noticed a shift in language from the sorts of men who visited those wretched forums. Criminals aren’t stupid – they don’t need the media to tell them the cops are watching. Online offender communities have become “very aware” and cautious of law enforcement surveillance, says Michael Salter, an associate professor of criminology at the University of New South Wales and an expert in child sexual exploitation.

“Offenders know that law enforcement are crawling offender forums across the dark web and they’re responding accordingly,” Salter says.

“We see on the dark web a lot of complaints about what offenders call ‘hoarding’; that producers are producing CSAM (child sexual abuse material) that they’re not sharing … with the offender community, or they’re creating locked-down online groups where there’s far less accessibility....

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/05/invisible-predators-the-shifting-behaviour-of-paedophiles-has-australian-police-playing-catch-up