Editing NXIVM (section)

==== Indictment of Raniere and co-conspirators ====
On April 20, 2018, Mack was arrested and indicted on similar charges to Raniere's.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Smallville Actress Arrested for Role in Alleged Sex Cult that Branded and Enslaved Women |url=http://time.com/5248810/allison-mack-keith-raniere-nxivm-sex-cult |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 20, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422083052/http://time.com/5248810/allison-mack-keith-raniere-nxivm-sex-cult/|archive-date=April 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to prosecutors, after she recruited women into first NXIVM and then DOS, Mack was allegedly paid by Raniere to coerce them into engaging in sexual activity with Raniere.<ref name="THR201805"/> Mack was further alleged to be DOS's second-in-command after Raniere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-nxivm-purported-self-help-organization-and-actor-indicted-sex-trafficking-and |title=Founder of 'NXIVM', a Purported Self-Help Organization, and Actor Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor Conspiracy |website=justice.gov |date=April 20, 2018 |access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/22/smallville-actor-was-allegedly-a-top-member-of-cult-that-abused-women |title=Smallville's Allison Mack was allegedly a 'top member' of cult that abused women |first=Edward |last=Helmore |date=April 22, 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> On April 24, Mack was released on $5 million bond pending trial and held under [[house arrest]] with her parents in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/allison-mack-smallville-actress-granted-bail-sex-cult-case-2018-04-24/|title=Allison Mack of 'Smallville' granted bail in sex cult case|website=CBS News|date=April 24, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/entertainment/allison-mack/index.html |title=Allison Mack granted bail in sex trafficking case |work=CNN|date=April 24, 2018 |access-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref> On May 4, Raniere pleaded not guilty.<ref name="NBCNews0516"/>

Salzman's home was raided shortly after Raniere's arrest,<ref name="Newsweek20180328"/> and prosecutors stated during his arraignment that further arrests and a superseding indictment for Raniere and Mack should be expected.<ref name=TimesUnion20180504>{{cite web |last1=Gavin |first1=By Robert |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Keith-Raniere-Allison-Mack-head-to-court-in-12887478.php |title=Raniere, Mack appear in court on sex-slavery charges |work=Albany Times Union |date=May 4, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=News10May4>{{cite web |url=http://www.news10.com/news/local-news/trial-date-set-for-keith-raniere-and-allison-mack/1159493630 |title=Trial date set for Keith Raniere and Allison Mack |work=Albany News 10 |date=May 4, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322102148/https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/trial-date-set-for-keith-raniere-and-allison-mack/1159493630/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In late May, authorities moved to seize two NXIVM-owned properties near Albany.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreclosure Complaint Reveals NXIVM Sex Cult Rituals In Upstate New York |date=May 24, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2018 |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/05/24/nxivm-sex-cult-foreclose-halfmoon}}</ref>

In April 2018, the ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that NXIVM had moved to [[Brooklyn, New York]], and was being led by Clare Bronfman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2018/04/21/sex-cult-moves-to-brooklyn-and-is-ready-for-war/ |title='Sex cult' moves to Brooklyn – and is ready for 'war' |first=Laura |last=Italiano |date=April 21, 2018 |access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> On June 12, 2018, the ''Times Union'' reported that NXIVM had suspended its operations owing to "extraordinary circumstances facing the company".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/NXIVM-suspends-all-operations-12987928.php |title=NXIVM suspends all operations; founder's bail denied |first1=Steve |last1=Hughes |agency=Associated Press |date=June 12, 2018 |website=Times Union}}</ref> Bronfman was arrested on July 24 and charged with [[racketeering]]. She was released to house arrest after signing a $100 million [[bail bond]]. Also arrested and charged with the same crime were NXIVM President Nancy Salzman; her daughter, Lauren Salzman; and another NXIVM employee, Kathy Russell.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4350140/clare-bronfman-seagrams-arrested-nxivm-sex-cult/ |title=Clare Bronfman, Seagram's heiress, arrested in Nxivm sex-trafficking case |website=Global News |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman charged in connection with alleged sex cult NXIVM">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nxivm-bronfman-sex-cult-racketeering-1.4759640 |title=Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman charged in connection with alleged sex cult NXIVM Bronfman and five others accused of racketeering related to operations of a cult-like pyramid group |last=Proctor |first=Jason |date=July 24, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>