The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy sailor and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as "764," which the FBI now describes as "modern day terrorism" for its sadistic and violent tormenting of teens online. An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that the earlier group, calling themselves "Greggy's Cult," engaged in a criminal enterprise that pushed young victims they found online to create child pornography, and then blackmailed them into engaging in self-harm, "masochistic abuse," and other extreme "acts of degradation" -- live on camera -- simply for "the enjoyment of members of the Enterprise." Between January 2020 and January 2021, members of the group allegedly worked together
DOJ charges former Navy sailor, 4 others for alleged roles in online extortion group
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