“Greggy’s Cult” members charged with sexually exploiting children

DOWNTOWN — In federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging five individuals in a child exploitation enterprise, involving conspiracy to produce child pornography, conspiracy to receive and distribute child pornography, and conspiracy to communicate interstate threats.

The defendants, Hector Bermudez, Zachary Dosch, Rumaldo Valdez, David Brilhante and Camden Rodriguez, led an online group called “Greggy’s Cult,” whose members carried out the alleged criminal conduct on a series of Discord servers referred to as “The Target Server.”

Four defendants were arrested throughout the United States.

Valdez is currently incarcerated on another federal matter. Bermudez will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York and the remaining defendants will be arraigned at a later