A 21-year-old man, Prasan Nepal, also known by the online alias “Trippy,” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Nepal, who is from High Point, North Carolina, now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and could receive up to 30 years in federal prison. Sentencing has been scheduled for March 5, 2027.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro characterized the case as one that reveals a disturbing environment where violence and cruelty are normalized, with children being targeted for exploitation. “What Nepal and his co‑conspirators built was not just a criminal operation, it was a deliberate campaign to corrupt the vulnerable and dismantle the guardrails of civilized society,” she stated. Pirro emphasized that this plea is a victory for the children they aimed to harm and serves as a warning to others who believe they can operate anonymously online.
Nepal was identified as a senior leader within “764,” a violent extremist network that engaged in various criminal activities both domestically and internationally. Court documents reveal that from 2021 to 2025, Nepal and his co-defendant, Leonidas Varagiannis, known as “War,” used encrypted platforms to coordinate the exploitation of minors, enforced operational rules, managed recruitment, and oversaw the creation of manipulative materials targeting vulnerable victims.
The network relied on a hierarchical structure to recruit new members and generate exploitative content. Prospective recruits were required to create “content” that advanced the group’s extremist objectives. Those who complied were granted status, while those who resisted were excluded. Investigators have identified more than a dozen active co-conspirators associated with Nepal and Varagiannis, many of whom operated under aliases and regularly interacted in encrypted group channels.
The activities of the network included identifying vulnerable minors online, coercing individuals through threats, and distributing extremist content. There were also reports of co-conspirators in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area who allegedly stored network materials on digital devices and participated in efforts to exploit minors. The case underscores the dangers posed by organized groups exploiting technology to perpetrate harm against children.
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