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- 2026-10-05T2149 · [[Kami Feld]]
- 2026-10-05T2149 · [[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)]]
- 2026-10-05T2149 · [[Clint Borge]]
- 2026-10-05T2149 · [[Rohan Rane]]
- 2026-10-05T2149 · [[CVLT]]
- 2026-10-05T2148 · [[Clint Borge]]
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---
aliases:
- Clint Borge
- Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge
- Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikika Borge
- Clinton Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge
- Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika
- Whoops
- Jordan
created: 2026-05-21
updated: 2026-10-05
category: "Extremism & Violent Networks"
tags:
- Person
- CVLT
- ChildExploitation
- CSAM
- ChildExploitationEnterprise
- CSAM
- Sextortion
- NihilisticViolentExtremism
- Hawaii
- FederalCase
- Discord
summary: "Pahoa, Hawaii resident known online as Whoops and Jordan, charged in 2025 as a CVLT member in United States v. Rane, who pleaded guilty on December 17, 2025 to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise."
born: 1983
location: "Pahoa, Hawaii"
created: 2026-05-21
updated: 2026-05-22
summary: "Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, aliases 'Whoops' and 'Jordan', was a CVLT member from Pahoa, Hawaii who pleaded guilty in December 2025 to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and whose identity was established through an ISUPD subpoena investigation linking a fraudulent Honolulu address to his Pahoa residence."
relations:
- type: member_of
with: "[[CVLT]]"
start: 2020
end: 2022
role: "member under the Discord names Whoops and Jordan; indictment alleges membership from at least 2020"
fn: 1
- type: participant_in
with: "[[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)]]"
start: 2025
role: "defendant (4) in the single-count indictment; pleaded guilty December 17, 2025"
fn: 14
- type: prosecuted
with: "[[Department of Justice]]"
reverse: true
start: 2025
role: "prosecuted by the Central District of California U.S. Attorney's Office with the National Security Division Counterterrorism Section"
fn: 2
- type: investigated
with: "[[Homeland Security Investigations]]"
reverse: true
start: 2021
role: "HSI joined the Iowa State case in June 2021 and made the arrest on January 30, 2025"
fn: 4
- type: investigated
with: "[[Iowa State University Police Department]]"
reverse: true
start: 2020
role: "subpoena and search-warrant chain run by Officer Kami Feld that produced his name"
fn: 5
- type: investigated
with: "[[Kami Feld]]"
reverse: true
start: 2021
role: "traced the payment accounts to him and took part in the August 2021 interview and search warrant in Pahoa"
fn: 4
---
[[Clint Borge]] (full name Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, aliases "Whoops" and "Jordan") is a member of [[CVLT]] and the [[764 Network|764]] network, based in [[Pahoa, Hawaii]] on the Big Island. He was 41 at arrest and 42 at his December 2025 guilty plea. The investigation that identified him as the fourth core CVLT member was conducted by [[Iowa State University Police Department]] Officer [[Kami Feld]], who subpoenaed IP and payment records that linked a fictitious Honolulu address to his actual Pahoa residence.[^1]
[[Clint Borge]] (Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, born 1983) is a resident of [[Pahoa, Hawaii]], on the Big Island, charged in the January 17, 2025 indictment in [[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)|United States v. Rane et al.]] as one of four members of [[CVLT]]. The indictment lists his online names as "Whoops" and "Jordan."[^1] The [[Department of Justice]] gave his age as 41 at the January 30, 2025 arrest and 42 at the March 26, 2026 release that described his guilty plea.[^2][^3]
### Identification and Arrest
### Identification by Iowa State University Police
Federal investigators at [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) had identified three of the four CVLT core leaders before Borge's real-world identity was established. His Discord alias "Whoops" was known; his identity was not. In November 2020, an Iowa State University student reported ongoing blackmail to ISUPD, and Officer Kami Feld's investigation led to subpoenas to electronic service providers. One subpoena response returned IP activity across four locations, including Hawaii. A digital payment account associated with the IP trail used the address 4 Goldfield Road, Honolulu. Feld's verification search found that address linked to several suspicious businesses but no verifiable physical location. The investigation traced from the Honolulu address to Borge's actual residence in Pahoa, Hawaii. HSI Honolulu conducted the physical arrest when the indictment was unsealed in February 2025.[^1]
The case against Borge began with a November 2020 report to the [[Iowa State University Police Department]] (ISUPD) by a first-year student, who said that a man she had met online in 2018, when she was a minor, was threatening to expose photographs of her. A patrol officer interviewed her and issued subpoenas to electronic service providers including [[Google]], [[PayPal]], [[Venmo]], [[Instagram]] and [[Facebook]]; the results went to Officer [[Kami Feld]].[^4][^5] According to Feld, one subpoena response listed four locations of IP activity, among them [[Hawaii]], [[Oregon]] and [[California]].[^5]
At Borge's initial appearance, a federal magistrate denied bail. He was remanded to U.S. Marshals custody and transported to Los Angeles for proceedings before District Judge [[Hernan D. Vera]] in the [[Central District of California]].[^2]
An online payment account in the case carried the address "4 Goldfield Road" in [[Honolulu]]. Feld told an Iowa State audience on March 31, 2026 that no such road exists on [[Oahu]], that web searches returned only pages tied to the address with a fake phone number, and that the account holder had used false names, birth dates and phone numbers.[^5] The ISU News Service described the same address as attached to several questionable businesses with no map or record showing it existed.[^4] Feld reported the case to the [[Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force|Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force]], which identified other avenues to pursue, including several search warrants for the account and other providers.[^4] She said it was the third round of warrants on the digital wallet application before a real name came back: Borge's own name and money had funded the accounts that were otherwise registered under invented identities.[^5]
### Federal Case (United States v. Rane, 2:25-cr-00040)
The ISU News Service reported that months of reviewing subpoenaed records from internet providers, email addresses, social media platforms and banking accounts allowed Feld to identify a suspect, whose banking records showed purchases of file-sharing software and of services used to disguise internet activity.[^4] Feld and the task force found that some of the evidence was connected to an active [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) investigation that had only an IP address and no identified suspect; HSI joined the Iowa State case in June 2021, and the IP address was tied to Borge.[^4] In her 2026 account, Feld said she met Iowa ICAC officials in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] and was connected to the Hawaii ICAC task force, and that HSI took up the case 13 days after the Hawaii commander "put out feelers." Deconfliction then produced a hit in [[Los Angeles]], where HSI Special Agent [[Theo Cushing]] was the primary agent on CVLT. The Los Angeles team, she said, knew three of the four core members and had only the [[Discord]] username "Whoops" for the fourth, and her IP addresses supplied his identity.[^5]
The grand jury returned the indictment on January 17, 2025. Borge faced one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]]. DOJ filings described Borge as a member of the enterprise who participated in and directed victims during the creation of CVLT extortion videos and other CSAM. He was distinguished from [[Rohan Rane]], [[Kaleb Merritt]], and [[Collin Walker]], who were charged as leaders and administrators who also hosted and ran CVLT servers and controlled membership.[^3]
### The August 2021 Search
Borge pleaded guilty in December 2025. Judge Vera scheduled his sentencing for March 12, 2026. As of May 2026, no DOJ press release announcing Borge's actual sentence had been published, suggesting the hearing may have been continued. He faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment.[^4]
In August 2021 Feld flew to Hawaii as part of a team that interviewed Borge and executed a search warrant on the house where he was living.[^4] Feld told the Iowa State audience that the warrant was served at 5 a.m. because investigators had concluded from his internet patterns that he stayed up until about 4 a.m.; that Borge had no full-time employment and had earlier been a care provider for his grandparents; that the house had been left to him by them; and that officers interviewed him in his grandparents' bedroom, which he had kept as it was. She said investigators seized eight terabytes of electronic evidence from his desktop alone, that forensic analysis ran from 2021 to 2024, and that the material included chat in which members bragged about their conduct to one another.[^5]
The ISU News Service reported that investigators obtained several confessions during the interview.[^4] In a February 2025 interview with [[KCCI]] (carried by [[KCRG]]), Feld recalled asking Borge whether he was self-taught in computing and said he answered, in her words, "Obviously not tech savvy enough, otherwise you wouldn't be here."[^6]
The indictment followed more than three years after the search. The ISU News Service wrote that it took months to go through the evidence, identify victims and reach the point where charges could be filed, and that the investigation identified more than 30 victims, some as young as 11.[^4] The indictment was returned on January 17, 2025.[^1]
### Indictment
The indictment, returned by the October 2024 grand jury in the [[Central District of California]], charged [[Rohan Rane]], [[Collin Walker]], [[Kaleb Merritt]] and Borge with one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]], with conduct alleged from at least 2019 through about 2022 in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]] and [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]] Counties "and elsewhere." It described CVLT as an internet group whose members enticed and coerced children to produce sexual abuse material on servers run by CVLT on a platform it called "Platform D," and it recited neo-Nazism, nihilism and pedophilia as the group's core principles. It also carried a forfeiture allegation under 18 U.S.C. § 2253.[^1]
The indictment states that Borge joined CVLT at least as early as 2020 under the names "Whoops" and "Jordan," and that Rane, Walker and Merritt additionally acted as leaders and administrators, hosting servers or directing others to, controlling membership and access, and directing victims.[^1] Borge is named in the specific felony counts as the actor for four minor victims, with conduct dated to 2019 for one and 2021 for the other three (one of whom is also charged against Rane), and for two further victims in a final count that lists an unindicted CVLT coconspirator's conduct on August 15 and 16, 2021 and Borge's conduct "to an unknown date in 2021." The indictment identifies victims by number only.[^1] The Department of Justice release of January 30, 2025 described Rane, Walker and Merritt as the leaders and administrators and listed Borge as a member of the enterprise, with at least 16 minor victims around the world, two of them in Southern California.[^2]
### Arrest and Detention
Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Borge in Hawaii on January 30, 2025, in an operation coordinated with an arrest of Walker in [[New Jersey]]. HSI Los Angeles, Honolulu and Cherry Hill ran the investigation with the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], the [[San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office]], the [[Henry County Sheriff's Office]] in Virginia, the Iowa State University police, the [[Police Nationale]] of France, the [[National Crime Agency]] of the United Kingdom, the [[New Zealand]] [[Department of Internal Affairs]] and [[Europol]].[^2][^7] The [[Hawaii Tribune-Herald]] reported that day that he and Walker were expected to make initial appearances in Honolulu and New Jersey.[^8]
The District of Hawaii record (magistrate case 1:25-mj-00062, filed January 30, 2025) shows an initial appearance on January 31, 2025 before Magistrate Judge [[Rom Trader]], at which Borge waived identity and Rule 5.1 hearings and the court appointed [[Catherine P. Gutierrez]] as counsel. The United States, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney [[Mohammad Khatib]], had moved to detain him. Magistrate Judge [[Wes Reber Porter]] held the detention hearing on February 4, 2025, found that no condition or combination of conditions would reasonably assure his appearance and the safety of the community, granted the motion and committed him to the Central District of California.[^9] The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported the ruling as an order that Borge be held without bail pending transfer to Los Angeles.[^10]
The Central District docket records an arrest date of February 27, 2025 on the commencement report (the warrant return states it was executed January 30), an initial appearance continued on February 28 before Magistrate Judge [[Patricia Donahue]], and, on March 3, 2025, a contested detention hearing before Magistrate Judge [[Brianna Fuller Mircheff]], at which retained counsel [[Matthew D. Kohn]] appeared and Borge was ordered permanently detained. The same day he was arraigned and entered a not guilty plea; trial was set for April 29, 2025 before Judge [[Hernan D. Vera]].[^11]
### Proceedings in Los Angeles
On March 7, 2025 Judge Vera entered a stipulated protective order on the privacy of child victim information. The trial date was moved from April 29, 2025 to October 7, 2025 on a stipulation of March 21, 2025, and then to February 24, 2026 on a stipulation of September 8, 2025.[^12] The prosecutors of record were Assistant U.S. Attorneys [[Catharine A. Richmond]] and, from December 2025, [[Kellye Ng]], with [[Justin Sher]] and [[James Donnelly]] of the [[National Security Division]] Counterterrorism Section; the January 2025 release listed the case under both [[Project Safe Childhood]] and Counterterrorism.[^2][^13]
The docket carries a run of under-seal filings by the government, most of them as to all four defendants and one, on March 5, 2025, as to Borge alone: an ex parte application for an order sealing a document with a declaration of Richmond (March 5, 2025); sealed applications and orders (March 18, 2025); a notice of manual filing of sealed documents (June 2, 2025); another (September 9, 2025), followed by a sealed minute order on September 17, 2025; a sealed application and three sealed documents (December 3, 2025) and a sealed minute order (December 5, 2025); a notice of manual filing of an under-seal document on December 17, 2025 and a sealed document entered December 22, 2025; and further sealing applications and sealed documents on January 28, February 2, February 27 and March 2, 2026. The docket entries give no content for these filings.[^13]
### Guilty Plea
On December 17, 2025 Borge, represented by Kohn and with Richmond and Ng for the government, changed his plea before Judge Vera to guilty on the single count of the indictment. The minutes record that the plea agreement was changed by interlineation by stipulation of all parties, that the court found the plea knowing, voluntary and intelligent, referred him to the Probation Office for a presentence report, vacated the pretrial and trial dates, and set sentencing for March 12, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.[^14]
The count carries a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life.[^2][^3] The March 26, 2026 release announcing Merritt's plea, issued two weeks after the March 12 setting, said that Walker and Borge had pleaded guilty in October 2025 and December 2025 respectively, were "expected to be sentenced in the coming months" and remained in federal custody.[^3] The docket records Walker's sentencing continued from January 29, 2026 to May 28, 2026 by an order of December 5, 2025.[^15]
### CVLT and the Hawaii Cases
[[Marc-André Argentino]] and the [[Accelerationism Research Consortium]] list "Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika (Whoops)" among CVLT members who "eventually rose to administrative roles," with Rane, Walker, Merritt, [[Kalana Limkin]] ("Vore"), [[Bradley Cadenhead]] and others, and describe CVLT as a direct precursor of [[764 Network|764]] within [[The Com]]. Their assessment says several early CVLT leaders identified with the [[Order of Nine Angles]] and that 764 drew on that milieu and on the [[Terrorgram]] Collective.[^16] Feld described the group's aim as producing "a Satanist following"; the indictment's phrase is "an army of sadist followers."[^1][^5]
A separate Hawaii prosecution concerns Limkin, of [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]], who pleaded guilty on February 13, 2025 to possession of child pornography as co-founder and ringleader of an online group called "Cultists," and was sentenced on July 16, 2026 to 10 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release. The [[FBI]] investigated that case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Mohammad Khatib, who appeared for the government at Borge's Hawaii detention hearing, prosecuted with Sher and Donnelly of the National Security Division's Counterterrorism Section, the same two trial attorneys listed on the CVLT case. The District of Hawaii release carried the topic counterterrorism.[^2][^9][^17]
The March 2026 Department of Justice release quoted Assistant Attorney General for National Security [[John A. Eisenberg]] describing CVLT as "a criminal enterprise" and HSI Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge [[Eddy Wang]] saying HSI agents uncovered the scheme through "extensive investigation, analysis of electronic communication, and victim reporting."[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Iowa State Daily. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." 2025. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/; Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation
[^2]: Hawaii Tribune-Herald. "Judge: No bail for alleged CVLT member from Pahoa." February 6, 2025. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2025/02/06/hawaii-news/judge-no-bail-for-alleged-cvlt-member-from-pahoa/; Honolulu Star-Advertiser. "Puna man accused of neo-Nazi sexploitation, 'horrific acts against children.'" February 1, 2025. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/02/01/hawaii-news/puna-man-accused-of-neo-nazi-sexploitation-horrific-acts-against-children/
[^3]: DOJ OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^4]: DOJ OPA. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." March 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child
[^1]: Indictment, United States v. Rane et al., No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 17, 2025), Doc. 1 (CourtListener/RECAP). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.1.0.pdf
[^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 25-123, January 30, 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^3]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 26-294, March 26, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child
[^4]: Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation
[^5]: Alexandra Bylund. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." Iowa State Daily, March 31, 2026 (account of Officer Kami Feld and Chief Michael Newton at the Memorial Union seminar of that date). https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/
[^6]: "Iowa State student credited for arrests of neo-Nazi child pornography ring." KCRG-TV9, February 13, 2025 (KCCI report). https://www.kcrg.com/2025/02/13/iowa-state-student-credited-arrests-neo-nazi-child-pornography-ring/
[^7]: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, HSI Los Angeles. "HSI Los Angeles, Cherry Hill, and Honolulu special agents arrest members of online neo-Nazi group on child exploitation enterprise charges." February 5, 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo
[^8]: "Pahoa man accused of neo-Nazi child sexploitation." Hawaii Tribune-Herald, January 30, 2025. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2025/01/30/hawaii-news/pahoa-man-accused-of-neo-nazi-child-sexploitation/
[^9]: United States v. Borge, No. 1:25-mj-00062-RT (D. Haw.), docket report and minutes (Docs. 1-10), filed in the Central District as Doc. 18, Rule 5(c)(3) documents received February 4, 2025. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.18.0_1.pdf
[^10]: "Judge: No bail for alleged CVLT member from Pahoa." Hawaii Tribune-Herald, February 6, 2025. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2025/02/06/hawaii-news/judge-no-bail-for-alleged-cvlt-member-from-pahoa/
[^11]: United States v. Rane et al., No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal.), Docs. 48 (Report Commencing Criminal Action, Feb. 28, 2025), 49 (initial appearance minutes, Feb. 28, 2025), 50 (arrest on indictment minutes, Mar. 3, 2025), 51 (arrest warrant return) and 40 (post-indictment arraignment minutes, Mar. 3, 2025). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.40.0.pdf ; https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.50.0.pdf ; https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.51.0.pdf
[^12]: United States v. Rane et al., Docs. 47 (protective order, Mar. 7, 2025), 58 (order continuing trial, Mar. 25, 2025) and 79 (order continuing trial, Sept. 10, 2025). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.47.0.pdf ; https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.58.0.pdf
[^13]: Docket, United States v. Rane, No. 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), as to defendant Borge, entries 46, 53-56, 68, 78, 80, 85-88, 90, 92-94, 98-103 and 106-109. CourtListener, https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69611641/united-states-v-rane/
[^14]: Criminal minutes, change of plea hearing, December 17, 2025, United States v. Rane et al., Doc. 95 (as to defendant 4, Borge). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.95.0.pdf
[^15]: Docket, United States v. Rane, No. 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), master docket, entry 91 (Dec. 5, 2025), order continuing Walker's sentencing from January 29, 2026 to May 28, 2026. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/
[^16]: Marc-Andre Argentino and Accelerationism Research Consortium. "CVLT Historical Threat Assessment of the Precursor to 764." https://www.accresearch.org/shortanalysis/svjdmt1twn9ccz0c4uxnbqrauywwcn ; https://www.maargentino.com/cvlt-historical-threat-assessment-of-the-precursor-to-764/
[^17]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii. "Leader Of Violent Extremist Terror Network 'Cultists' Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography." July 17, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/usao-hi/pr/leader-violent-extremist-terror-network-cultists-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison

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- ISUPD
created: 2026-05-22
updated: 2026-05-22
summary: "Kami Feld is an Iowa State University Police Department officer whose 2020 investigation of a student blackmail complaint surfaced the identity of CVLT's fourth core member, completing the federal case that led to indictments in January 2025."
summary: "Kami Feld is an Iowa State University Police Department officer whose investigation of a 2020 student blackmail complaint identified Clint Borge, the CVLT member known only as Whoops, leading to the January 2025 indictment."
---
[[Kami Feld]] is an officer with the [[Iowa State University Police Department]] (ISUPD) whose independent investigative work in 2020-2021 identified [[Clint Borge]], the previously unknown fourth core leader of [[CVLT]], completing the information picture that [[Homeland Security Investigations]] needed to seek a federal indictment against all four defendants.
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Feld issued subpoenas to electronic service providers including Google, PayPal, Venmo, Instagram, and Facebook. The subpoena responses returned IP activity across four different locations, including [[Hawaii]], [[Oregon]], and [[California]]. Feld also issued a search warrant.[^1]
At this point, Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles was already investigating CVLT and had identified three of the four core leaders. The fourth was known only by the Discord alias "Whoops." Feld's subpoena results, combined with a digital wallet account associated with the target's IP activity, returned an address: 4 Goldfield Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. Feld ran a verification search and found the address linked to several questionable businesses with no verifiable physical location. Further investigation traced the activity not to Honolulu but to [[Pahoa, Hawaii]] on the Big Island, establishing the real-world identity as [[Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge]].[^1]
At this point, Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles was already investigating CVLT and had identified three of the four core leaders. The fourth was known only by the Discord alias "Whoops." Feld's subpoena results, combined with a digital wallet account associated with the target's IP activity, returned a Honolulu address linked to several questionable businesses, which Feld later said does not exist on Oahu.[^1] A third round of warrants on the digital wallet application returned a real name, Clint Borge of [[Pahoa, Hawaii]]; she then contacted the Hawaii ICAC task force, and HSI took the case 13 days later, having joined the Iowa State matter in June 2021.[^1][^2] In August 2021 Feld flew to Hawaii with federal agents, interviewed Borge and served a search warrant at his house; investigators seized eight terabytes of electronic evidence from his desktop.[^1][^2] The indictment followed on January 17, 2025 and was unsealed January 30, 2025.[^3]
Feld's investigation connected to the existing HSI case. Once HSI confirmed the Borge identification, investigators proceeded to the January 17, 2025 grand jury indictment. Borge, [[Collin Walker]], [[Kaleb Merritt]], and [[Rohan Rane]] were indicted in [[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)|United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040]], [[Central District of California]].[^2]
Feld's investigation connected to the existing HSI case. Once HSI confirmed the Borge identification, investigators proceeded to the January 17, 2025 grand jury indictment. Borge, [[Collin Walker]], [[Kaleb Merritt]], and [[Rohan Rane]] were indicted in [[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)|United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040]], [[Central District of California]].[^4]
### Recognition
Iowa State University and ISUPD credited the original student complainant and Feld's investigative work publicly in February 2025, when the indictment was unsealed. Multiple news accounts identified the Iowa State case as the investigative link that broke open the fourth identification and allowed the federal prosecution to proceed against the full leadership of the enterprise.[^1]
Iowa State University and ISUPD credited the original student complainant and Feld's investigative work publicly in February 2025, after the indictment was unsealed on January 30, 2025. Feld described the investigation at a Memorial Union seminar at Iowa State on March 31, 2026.[^2] Multiple news accounts identified the Iowa State case as the investigative link that broke open the fourth identification and allowed the federal prosecution to proceed against the full leadership of the enterprise.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Iowa State Daily. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." 2025. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/; Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation; Iowa State Daily. "Student report to ISUPD leads to charges for neo-Nazis." 2025. https://iowastatedaily.com/310219/news/student-report-to-isupd-leads-to-neo-nazi-charges/
[^2]: DOJ OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^2]: Alexandra Bylund. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." Iowa State Daily, March 31, 2026. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/
[^3]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 25-123, January 30, 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^4]: DOJ OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse

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### United States Federal Case
A federal grand jury in the [[Central District of California]] returned an indictment on January 17, 2025 in United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040, charging Rane alongside [[Kaleb Merritt]], [[Clint Borge]], and [[Collin Walker]] with one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]]. The indictment was unsealed approximately February 4-5, 2025. The statute requires proof of underlying felony violations against children, a pattern of three or more separate incidents, more than one victim, and commission of the offenses in concert with three or more other persons. The four named defendants and two unnamed minor co-conspirators (one also described as a victim) together constituted the enterprise.[^4]
A federal grand jury in the [[Central District of California]] returned an indictment on January 17, 2025 in United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040, charging Rane alongside [[Kaleb Merritt]], [[Clint Borge]], and [[Collin Walker]] with one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]]. The indictment was unsealed on January 30, 2025.[^4] The statute requires proof of underlying felony violations against children, a pattern of three or more separate incidents, more than one victim, and commission of the offenses in concert with three or more other persons. The four named defendants and two unnamed minor co-conspirators (one also described as a victim) together constituted the enterprise.[^5]
The enterprise charged covered conduct from at least 2019 to 2022. Rane, Walker, and Merritt were charged as leaders and administrators who hosted and ran CVLT servers and controlled membership. The indictment alleged at least 16 minor victims worldwide, with at least two in Southern California.[^4]
The enterprise charged covered conduct from at least 2019 to 2022. Rane, Walker, and Merritt were charged as leaders and administrators who hosted and ran CVLT servers and controlled membership. The indictment alleged at least 16 minor victims worldwide, with at least two in Southern California.[^5]
As of May 2026, Rane has not entered a U.S. plea. His extradition from France is pending. The sentence exposure upon conviction is a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment.[^4]
As of May 2026, Rane has not entered a U.S. plea. His extradition from France is pending. The sentence exposure upon conviction is a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment.[^5]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse; United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/
[^2]: Rolling Stone. "Violent Online Group CVLT Coerced Kids to Self-Harm, DOJ Says." February 2025. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/violent-online-group-cvlt-indicted-1235258786/; HSI press release, February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo
[^3]: ARC Research. "CVLT Historical Threat Assessment of the Precursor to 764." https://www.accresearch.org/shortanalysis/svjdmt1twn9ccz0c4uxnbqrauywwcn; CBS News. "International investigation targets online group leaders accused of child sex abuse and torture." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-group-leaders-cvlt-the-com-arrests-investigation/
[^4]: HSI press release, February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; DOJ OPA press release, February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 25-123, January 30, 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^5]: HSI press release, February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; DOJ OPA press release, February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse

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The indictment (United States v. Rane et al., [[United States v. Rane et al. (2-25-cr-00040)|2:25-cr-00040]]) refers to the platform as "Platform D," understood to be Discord. Coercion tactics documented in DOJ filings and press releases included compelling victims to cut themselves, drink their own urine, punch themselves, use racial slurs against themselves, and carve CVLT members' names into their skin with razor blades. The terminal escalation was pressuring victims to kill themselves on a video livestream. The group targeted vulnerable girls, often those with a history of mental health struggles or prior sexual abuse, exposing them first to neo-Nazi and violent extremist content to normalize degradation before direct coercion began.[^2]
CVLT operated from at least 2019 to 2022. Federal prosecutors charged that Rane, [[Collin Walker]], and [[Kaleb Merritt]] acted as leaders and administrators, hosting and running CVLT servers, controlling membership and access, and directing victims during the creation of extortion videos. [[Clint Borge]] participated as a member and directed and instructed victims during coercion sessions. Two unnamed minor co-conspirators are referenced in the indictment, one of whom was also a victim.[^3]
CVLT operated from at least 2019 to 2022. Federal prosecutors charged that Rane, [[Collin Walker]], and [[Kaleb Merritt]] acted as leaders and administrators, hosting and running CVLT servers, controlling membership and access, and directing victims during the creation of extortion videos. [[Clint Borge]] was charged as a member; the indictment names him in felony counts involving four minor victims.[^3] Two unnamed minor co-conspirators are referenced in the indictment, one of whom was also a victim.[^4]
Early CVLT leaders including Walker and Merritt adopted [[Order of Nine Angles|O9A]]-influenced online aliases: Walker used "WRATH/O9A.WRATH" and Merritt used "eTerror/o9a.evil," signaling the group's integration of neo-Nazi occultism alongside nihilism and pedophilia as core ideological principles.[^4]
Early CVLT leaders including Walker and Merritt adopted [[Order of Nine Angles|O9A]]-influenced online aliases: Walker used "WRATH/O9A.WRATH" and Merritt used "eTerror/o9a.evil," signaling the group's integration of neo-Nazi occultism alongside nihilism and pedophilia as core ideological principles.[^5]
### Transmission to 764 and Downstream Networks
Cadenhead, a 15-year-old school dropout in [[Stephenville, Texas]], encountered a CVLT member in a Minecraft server and through that conversation absorbed CVLT's methods. Cadenhead then founded 764 in 2020-2021, naming it after local ZIP codes 76401/76402 and using Discord as his initial platform. The CVLT-to-764 transmission through Minecraft is the documented origin event of 764 as a distinct network.[^1]
Following Cadenhead's 2021 arrest and the 2025 federal prosecution of CVLT's leadership, a splinter group called [[CVLTIST]] emerged as a named downstream entity within [[The Com]] ecosystem. CVLT's victim count and operational methods were explicitly cited by [[NCITE]] (National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center at the University of Nebraska Omaha) alongside CVLT's contemporaneous precursor [[Greggy's Cult]] (also called the Cult of Greg) in documenting 31 individuals publicly charged with federal crimes across the three connected networks as of December 2025.[^5]
Following Cadenhead's 2021 arrest and the 2025 federal prosecution of CVLT's leadership, a splinter group called [[CVLTIST]] emerged as a named downstream entity within [[The Com]] ecosystem. CVLT's victim count and operational methods were explicitly cited by [[NCITE]] (National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center at the University of Nebraska Omaha) alongside CVLT's contemporaneous precursor [[Greggy's Cult]] (also called the Cult of Greg) in documenting 31 individuals publicly charged with federal crimes across the three connected networks as of December 2025.[^6]
### French Investigation and Rane's Arrest
An [[FBI]] agent became aware of CVLT in spring 2020 while investigating a 15-year-old American girl who had unsuccessfully attempted suicide under coercion. The FBI passed findings to [[Police Nationale]] (France), which initiated a judicial investigation on October 6, 2020 through the [[OCRVP]] (Office Central pour la Répression des Violences aux Personnes). Rane was arrested in France on April 6, 2021, and has been in French custody since 2022. In France he faces charges of "acts of torture and barbarity," "corruption of minors in an organized gang," and "extortion in an organized gang." As of May 2026 he remains in French custody pending extradition to the United States.[^3]
An [[FBI]] agent became aware of CVLT in spring 2020 while investigating a 15-year-old American girl who had unsuccessfully attempted suicide under coercion. The FBI passed findings to [[Police Nationale]] (France), which initiated a judicial investigation on October 6, 2020 through the [[OCRVP]] (Office Central pour la Répression des Violences aux Personnes). Rane was arrested in France on April 6, 2021, and has been in French custody since 2022. In France he faces charges of "acts of torture and barbarity," "corruption of minors in an organized gang," and "extortion in an organized gang." As of May 2026 he remains in French custody pending extradition to the United States.[^4]
### Federal Prosecution (United States v. Rane, 2:25-cr-00040)
The federal investigation was conducted by [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) Los Angeles, HSI Cherry Hill ([[New Jersey]]), and HSI Honolulu, in collaboration with the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], [[San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office]], [[Henry County Sheriff's Office]] (Virginia), [[Iowa State University Police Department]] (ISUPD), and Police Nationale (France).[^3]
The federal investigation was conducted by [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) Los Angeles, HSI Cherry Hill ([[New Jersey]]), and HSI Honolulu, in collaboration with the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], [[San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office]], [[Henry County Sheriff's Office]] (Virginia), [[Iowa State University Police Department]] (ISUPD), and Police Nationale (France).[^4]
The Iowa State link was critical. In November 2020, an Iowa State University freshman reported to ISUPD that she was being blackmailed with images taken when she was 16. ISUPD Officer [[Kami Feld]] conducted the investigation, issuing subpoenas to electronic service providers including Google, PayPal, Venmo, Instagram, and Facebook. When the subpoenas returned IP activity from Hawaii, Oregon, and California, and revealed a digital wallet address at 4 Goldfield Road in Honolulu, Feld cross-referenced the address and identified it as the residence of Clint Borge, the fourth core leader, whose Discord alias "Whoops" had been known to federal investigators without a real-world identity.[^6]
The Iowa State link was critical. In November 2020, an Iowa State University freshman reported to ISUPD that she was being blackmailed with images taken when she was 16. ISUPD Officer [[Kami Feld]] conducted the investigation, issuing subpoenas to electronic service providers including Google, PayPal, Venmo, Instagram, and Facebook. The subpoenas returned IP activity from Hawaii, Oregon, and California, and a digital wallet account carrying a Honolulu address that Feld said does not exist on Oahu.[^7] A third round of warrants on the account produced Clint Borge's real name, and HSI, which had joined the Iowa State case in June 2021, tied the IP address to him; HSI Los Angeles had known three of the four core members and only the Discord username "Whoops" for the fourth.[^8][^9]
The grand jury returned the indictment on January 17, 2025, in the [[Central District of California]]. The indictment was unsealed approximately February 4-5, 2025. All four defendants were charged in a single count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]], carrying a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment. The enterprise theory required proof that the defendants (1) violated specified child exploitation statutes, (2) across three or more separate incidents, (3) involving more than one victim, (4) in concert with three or more other persons. The four named defendants and two unnamed minor co-conspirators together constituted the enterprise.[^3]
The grand jury returned the indictment on January 17, 2025, in the [[Central District of California]]. The indictment was unsealed on January 30, 2025.[^10] All four defendants were charged in a single count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]], carrying a mandatory minimum of 20 years and a maximum of life imprisonment. The enterprise theory required proof that the defendants (1) violated specified child exploitation statutes, (2) across three or more separate incidents, (3) involving more than one victim, (4) in concert with three or more other persons. The four named defendants and two unnamed minor co-conspirators together constituted the enterprise.[^4]
Walker and Borge were physically arrested in New Jersey and Hawaii respectively when the indictment was unsealed. Merritt was already incarcerated in Virginia. Rane remained in French custody pending extradition.[^3]
Walker and Borge were physically arrested in New Jersey and Hawaii respectively when the indictment was unsealed. Merritt was already incarcerated in Virginia. Rane remained in French custody pending extradition.[^4]
### Plea Record
Collin Walker pleaded guilty in October 2025. Clint Borge pleaded guilty in December 2025. Kaleb Merritt pleaded guilty on March 26, 2026. All three pleaded to one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g). Judge [[Hernan D. Vera]] of the Central District of California scheduled all three sentencing hearings: Walker for January 29, 2026; Borge for March 12, 2026; Merritt for January 7, 2027. Walker and Borge sentencing outcomes had not been publicly announced by DOJ as of May 2026 (their hearings having preceded the Merritt plea). Rohan Rane, as of May 2026, remains in French custody awaiting extradition and has not entered a US plea.[^7]
Collin Walker pleaded guilty in October 2025. Clint Borge pleaded guilty in December 2025. Kaleb Merritt pleaded guilty on March 26, 2026. All three pleaded to one count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g). Judge [[Hernan D. Vera]] of the Central District of California scheduled all three sentencing hearings: Walker for January 29, 2026; Borge for March 12, 2026; Merritt for January 7, 2027. Walker's sentencing was continued to May 28, 2026, and the March 26, 2026 DOJ release said Walker and Borge were expected to be sentenced in the coming months; Rohan Rane was in French custody awaiting extradition.[^11][^12]
### Footnotes
[^1]: ARC Research. "CVLT Historical Threat Assessment of the Precursor to 764." https://www.accresearch.org/shortanalysis/svjdmt1twn9ccz0c4uxnbqrauywwcn; Marc-Andre Argentino. "CVLT Historical Threat Assessment of the Precursor to 764." https://www.maargentino.com/cvlt-historical-threat-assessment-of-the-precursor-to-764/
[^2]: Rolling Stone. "Violent Online Group CVLT Coerced Kids to Self-Harm, DOJ Says." February 2025. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/violent-online-group-cvlt-indicted-1235258786/
[^3]: HSI. "HSI Los Angeles, Cherry Hill, and Honolulu special agents arrest members of online neo-Nazi group on child exploitation enterprise charges." ICE.gov, February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; U.S. Department of Justice, OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^4]: Medium/chokingonsignal. "Com, Extortion Groups, and the Order of Nine Angles." https://chokingonsignal.medium.com/com-extortion-groups-and-the-order-of-nine-angles-9fe1f8419526; ADL "764" backgrounder. https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/764
[^5]: NCITE. "Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges." University of Nebraska Omaha, December 2025. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2025/12/764-landing-page.php
[^6]: Iowa State Daily. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." 2025. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/; Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation
[^7]: U.S. Department of Justice, OPA. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." March 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child; United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/
[^3]: Indictment, United States v. Rane et al., No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 17, 2025), Doc. 1. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.1.0.pdf
[^4]: HSI. "HSI Los Angeles, Cherry Hill, and Honolulu special agents arrest members of online neo-Nazi group on child exploitation enterprise charges." ICE.gov, February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; U.S. Department of Justice, OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^5]: Medium/chokingonsignal. "Com, Extortion Groups, and the Order of Nine Angles." https://chokingonsignal.medium.com/com-extortion-groups-and-the-order-of-nine-angles-9fe1f8419526; ADL "764" backgrounder. https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/764
[^6]: NCITE. "Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges." University of Nebraska Omaha, December 2025. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2025/12/764-landing-page.php
[^7]: Iowa State Daily. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." 2025. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/; Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation
[^8]: Iowa State University News Service. "A call for help leads ISU Police to sexual predator, international investigation." February 12, 2025. https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2025/02/12/isu-police-exploitation
[^9]: Alexandra Bylund. "How ISUPD uncovered a Neo-Nazi sexual predator ring." Iowa State Daily, March 31, 2026. https://iowastatedaily.com/335620/news/how-the-isupd-uncovered-a-neo-nazi-sexual-predator-ring/
[^10]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 25-123, January 30, 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^11]: U.S. Department of Justice, OPA. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." March 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child; United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/
[^12]: Docket, United States v. Rane, No. 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), entry 91 (December 5, 2025), order continuing Walker's sentencing to May 28, 2026. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/

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### Indictment
A federal grand jury returned the indictment on January 17, 2025. The indictment was unsealed approximately February 4-5, 2025. The investigating agencies were [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) Los Angeles, HSI Cherry Hill ([[New Jersey]]), and HSI Honolulu, with cooperation from the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], [[San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office]], [[Henry County Sheriff's Office]] (Virginia), [[Iowa State University Police Department]], and [[Police Nationale]] (France).
A federal grand jury returned the indictment on January 17, 2025. The indictment was unsealed on January 30, 2025, the day Walker and Borge were arrested.[^1] The investigating agencies were [[Homeland Security Investigations]] (HSI) Los Angeles, HSI Cherry Hill ([[New Jersey]]), and HSI Honolulu, with cooperation from the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], [[San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office]], [[Henry County Sheriff's Office]] (Virginia), [[Iowa State University Police Department]], and [[Police Nationale]] (France).
The indictment named four defendants: [[Rohan Rane]] (Rohan Sandeep Rane, born 1996, Antibes, France), [[Kaleb Merritt]] (Kaleb Christopher Merritt, born approximately 2000, Spring, Texas), [[Clint Borge]] (Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, born 1983, Pahoa, Hawaii), and [[Collin Walker]] (Collin John Thomas Walker, born 2001, Bridgeton, New Jersey).[^1]
The indictment named four defendants: [[Rohan Rane]] (Rohan Sandeep Rane, born 1996, Antibes, France), [[Kaleb Merritt]] (Kaleb Christopher Merritt, born approximately 2000, Spring, Texas), [[Clint Borge]] (Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, born 1983, Pahoa, Hawaii), and [[Collin Walker]] (Collin John Thomas Walker, born 2001, Bridgeton, New Jersey).[^2]
The indictment charged all four defendants in a single count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]]. The enterprise charged covered conduct from at least 2019 to 2022. The indictment alleged at least 16 minor victims worldwide, with at least two in Southern California. Two unnamed minor co-conspirators were also referenced, one of whom was also described as a victim.[^1]
The indictment charged all four defendants in a single count of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise under [[18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g)]]. The enterprise charged covered conduct from at least 2019 to 2022. The indictment alleged at least 16 minor victims worldwide, with at least two in Southern California. Two unnamed minor co-conspirators were also referenced, one of whom was also described as a victim.[^2]
### Statutory Theory
The child exploitation enterprise statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g), requires proof that the defendant: (1) violated underlying child exploitation statutes (including production and distribution of child pornography and sexual exploitation of minors under Chapters 109A, 110, or 117 of Title 18); (2) as part of a series of three or more separate felony violations; (3) involving more than one victim; and (4) in concert with three or more other persons. The mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction is 20 years; the maximum is life imprisonment.
DOJ applied the same statute in the more recent [[764 Network|764]] prosecutions, including United States v. Varagiannis and Nepal (leading [[764 Inferno]]) and United States v. Martin (the first terrorism-enhanced 764 prosecution). The CVLT case was the first application of the enterprise theory to the CVLT organizational lineage.[^2]
DOJ applied the same statute in the more recent [[764 Network|764]] prosecutions, including United States v. Varagiannis and Nepal (leading [[764 Inferno]]) and United States v. Martin (the first terrorism-enhanced 764 prosecution). The CVLT case was the first application of the enterprise theory to the CVLT organizational lineage.[^3]
### Arrests and Initial Appearances
When the indictment was unsealed, Rane remained in French custody. Merritt was already incarcerated at [[Pocahontas State Correctional Center]], Virginia. Walker was arrested by HSI Cherry Hill in New Jersey, appeared in court, was assigned counsel, and was remanded to [[U.S. Marshals]]. Borge was arrested by HSI Honolulu; a federal magistrate in Los Angeles denied bail at his February 6, 2025 initial appearance.[^3]
When the indictment was unsealed, Rane remained in French custody. Merritt was already incarcerated at [[Pocahontas State Correctional Center]], Virginia. Walker was arrested by HSI Cherry Hill in New Jersey, appeared in court, was assigned counsel, and was remanded to [[U.S. Marshals]]. Borge was arrested by HSI in Hawaii on January 30, 2025. He appeared in Honolulu before Magistrate Judge [[Rom Trader]] on January 31, and Magistrate Judge [[Wes Reber Porter]] ordered him detained on February 4, 2025 and committed him to the Central District of California; a Los Angeles magistrate judge held a contested detention hearing on March 3, 2025 and ordered him permanently detained.[^4][^5][^6]
### Plea Record and Sentencing Schedule
- Collin Walker: guilty plea, October 2025. Sentencing scheduled January 29, 2026 (outcome not publicly announced by DOJ as of May 2026).
- Clint Borge: guilty plea, December 2025. Sentencing scheduled March 12, 2026 (outcome not publicly announced by DOJ as of May 2026).
- Collin Walker: guilty plea, October 2025. Sentencing continued from January 29, 2026 to May 28, 2026 by order of December 5, 2025.[^7]
- Clint Borge: guilty plea December 17, 2025 before Judge Hernan D. Vera. Sentencing set for March 12, 2026; a March 26, 2026 DOJ release said he and Walker were expected to be sentenced in the coming months.[^8][^9]
- Kaleb Merritt: guilty plea, March 26, 2026. Sentencing scheduled January 7, 2027.
- Rohan Rane: no U.S. plea entered; in French custody pending extradition as of May 2026.[^4]
- Rohan Rane: no U.S. plea entered; in French custody pending extradition.[^10]
### Connection to 764 Prosecution Wave
The CVLT indictment was part of the DOJ's multi-case prosecution campaign against [[The Com]] and its predecessor networks. The enterprise statute theory used in 2:25-cr-00040 was the same framework applied in the contemporaneous prosecution of [[Leonidas Varagiannis]] and [[Prasan Nepal]] for leading 764 Inferno. [[NCITE]] documented 31 individuals publicly charged with federal crimes across CVLT, [[Greggy's Cult]], and 764 as of December 2025, treating them as a connected prosecutorial lineage.[^5]
The CVLT indictment was part of the DOJ's multi-case prosecution campaign against [[The Com]] and its predecessor networks. The enterprise statute theory used in 2:25-cr-00040 was the same framework applied in the contemporaneous prosecution of [[Leonidas Varagiannis]] and [[Prasan Nepal]] for leading 764 Inferno. [[NCITE]] documented 31 individuals publicly charged with federal crimes across CVLT, [[Greggy's Cult]], and 764 as of December 2025, treating them as a connected prosecutorial lineage.[^11]
### Footnotes
[^1]: United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/; DOJ OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^2]: HSI. "HSI Los Angeles, Cherry Hill, and Honolulu special agents arrest members of online neo-Nazi group on child exploitation enterprise charges." February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g), Cornell LII. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2252A
[^3]: Hawaii Tribune-Herald. "Judge: No bail for alleged CVLT member from Pahoa." February 6, 2025. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2025/02/06/hawaii-news/judge-no-bail-for-alleged-cvlt-member-from-pahoa/
[^4]: DOJ OPA. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." March 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child
[^5]: NCITE. "Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges." December 2025. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2025/12/764-landing-page.php
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 25-123, January 30, 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^2]: United States v. Rane et al., 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/; DOJ OPA. "Four Members of Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Minors Charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." February 2025. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-members-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-minors-charged-producing-child-sexual-abuse
[^3]: HSI. "HSI Los Angeles, Cherry Hill, and Honolulu special agents arrest members of online neo-Nazi group on child exploitation enterprise charges." February 2025. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-los-angeles-cherry-hill-and-honolulu-special-agents-arrest-members-online-neo; 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(g), Cornell LII. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2252A
[^4]: Hawaii Tribune-Herald. "Judge: No bail for alleged CVLT member from Pahoa." February 6, 2025. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2025/02/06/hawaii-news/judge-no-bail-for-alleged-cvlt-member-from-pahoa/
[^5]: United States v. Borge, No. 1:25-mj-00062-RT (D. Haw.), docket and minutes, filed as Doc. 18 in No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal.). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.18.0_1.pdf
[^6]: United States v. Rane et al., No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal.), Doc. 50 (minutes, March 3, 2025). https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.50.0.pdf
[^7]: Docket, United States v. Rane, No. 2:25-cr-00040 (C.D. Cal.), entry 91 (December 5, 2025), order continuing Walker's sentencing to May 28, 2026. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613728/united-states-v-rane/
[^8]: Criminal minutes, change of plea hearing, December 17, 2025, United States v. Rane et al., No. 2:25-cr-00040-HDV (C.D. Cal.), Doc. 95. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685/gov.uscourts.cacd.954685.95.0.pdf
[^9]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." Press Release 26-294, March 26, 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child
[^10]: DOJ OPA. "Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material." March 2026. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-pleads-guilty-participating-online-neo-nazi-group-exploited-children-producing-child
[^11]: NCITE. "Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges." December 2025. https://www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2025/12/764-landing-page.php