Editing NXIVM (section)

==== Guilty pleas, corporations and conviction====
{{Wikisource|Superseding Indictment, United States of America v. Keith Raniere, et al.|Superseding indictment #2, USA v. Keith Raniere, et al. from March 2019.}}
On March 13, 2019, Nancy Salzman pleaded guilty to a charge of racketeering criminal conspiracy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brendan |first=Pierson |date=March 13, 2019 |title=Self-help guru Raniere faces U.S. child porn charges; associate pleads guilty |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult-idUSKCN1QU2Z2 |access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Saul |first=Emily |date=March 13, 2019 |title=Nxivm co-founder Nancy Salzman pleads guilty in sex cult case |url=https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/nxivm-co-founder-nancy-salzman-pleads-guilty-in-sex-cult-case/ |access-date=March 14, 2019 |website=[[New York Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Leader of alleged NXIVM sex cult pleads not guilty to child porn charges |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/allison-mack-nxivm-case-smallville-actress-possible-plea-negotiations-keith-raniere-pleads-not-guilty-in-sex-cult-case/ |access-date=April 9, 2019 |website=CBS News|date=March 18, 2019 }}</ref> She agreed, as nominal owner, not to contest forfeiture of NXIVM-related assets including real estate as well as corporations that owned Keith Raniere and NXIVM's [[trademark]] and [[patent]] portfolio.<ref name=":3">{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=Final Order of Forfeiture|doc-number=1108|att-number=1|date=September 7, 2021|pacer-number=420065|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>

The same day as Nancy Salzman's plea, the court unsealed a second (and final) superseding indictment against Raniere and his codefendants, adding the charge that Raniere produced and kept [[child sexual abuse material]] of a girl who was 15 at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spiritual leader of alleged NY sex cult hit with child porn charges |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/new-york-woman-pleads-guilty-alleged-sex-cult-case-n982901 |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=NBC News |date=March 13, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Later in March 2019, Lauren Salzman pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy; she later testified against Raniere and received leniency.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Daughter-of-NXIVM-leader-pleads-guilty-13725939.php |title=Daughter of NXIVM leader pleads guilty |first1=Brendan J. |last1=Lyons |first2=Mike |last2=Goodwin |date=March 29, 2019 |website=Times Union}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=May 21, 2019 |title='I Was in One Mode: Protect Keith': NXIVM Member Testifies About Naked Meetings, Group Sex, Dungeon Paddlings |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/lauren-salzman-nxivm-sex-slave-keith-raniere-testimony-trial-836547/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=[[Rolling Stone Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Federal prosecutors recommend leniency in high-ranking NXIVM sentencing |url=https://wnyt.com/news/lauren-salzman-nxivm-sentencing/6176704/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=WNYT NewsChannel 13 |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615130442/https://wnyt.com/news/lauren-salzman-nxivm-sentencing/6176704/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sentencing documents for Allison Mack state that she entered [[proffer]] sessions on April 2, 2019. The government credited her for providing relevant emails, documents and recordings later used to convict Raniere. On April 8, 2019, Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy. Though not called to testify against Keith Raniere, prosecutors said that Mack, "was available to testify at Raniere’s trial if requested to do so."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/allison-mack-nxivm-pleads-guilty-racketeering-charges |title= Smallville star Allison Mack pleads guilty to racketeering in Nxivm case |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date=April 8, 2019 |access-date= April 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=SENTENCING MEMORANDUM by USA as to Allison Mack|doc-number=1045|date=June 21, 2021|pacer-number=416188|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name=" NYT MACK"/>

On April 19, 2019, Bronfman pleaded guilty to charges of [[Illegal immigration to the United States|harboring an illegal immigrant]] and [[identity fraud]]; bookkeeper Kathy Russell pleaded guilty to [[visa fraud]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/19/nyregion/nxivm-clare-bronfman.html |title=Clare Bronfman Pleads Guilty in Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Case, Leaving Leader to Stand Trial Alone |last1=Meier |first1=Barry |date=April 19, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 20, 2019 |last2= Moynihan |first2=Colin |language= en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The federal trial of Keith Raniere began on May 7, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.news10.com/video/nxivm-trial-prosecution-s-opening-statements-lasted-90-minutes_20190507163116/1986277706/ |title= NXIVM trial prosecution's opening statements lasted ninety minutes |website= News 10 ABC |date= July 17, 2023 |access-date= November 6, 2019 |archive-date= September 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230922215106/https://www.news10.com/video/nxivm-trial-prosecution-s-opening-statements-lasted-90-minutes_20190507163116/1986277706/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> On June 19, 2019, the jury convicted him of all counts.<ref name="auto1" />

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|+ Persons convicted in the NXIVM racketeering case
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! Name !! Charges !! Sentence || Status ({{As of|2023|02|df=US|lc=y|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/}}) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Inmate Locator|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}</ref>

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| [[Keith Raniere]] || Found guilty at jury trial of all charges including:

* Count 1: [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act|Racketeering Conspiracy]]<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1962|d}}, {{USCSub2|18|1963|a}}, and {{USCSub2|18|3551}} ''et seq.''</ref>
* Count 2: Racketeering<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1961|1}} and {{USCSub2|18|1961|5}}</ref> for the predicate racketeering acts (all marked by jury foreperson as "Proven")
** Act 1: Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft, Conspiracy to Unlawfully Possess an Identification Document
** Act 2, 3: Sexual Exploitation of a Child (separate acts against the same victim)
** Act 4: Possession of Child Pornography 
** Act 5: Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft; Identity Theft (two separate victims)
** Act 6: Conspiracy to Alter Records for Use in an Official Proceeding
** Act 7: Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft
** Act 8: Trafficking for Labor and Services; Document Servitude
** Act 9: Extortion 
** Act 10: Sex Trafficking; Forced Labor
** Act 11: Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft
* Count 3: [[Labor trafficking|Forced Labor Conspiracy]]<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1594|b}} and {{USCSub2|18|3551}}, ''et seq.''</ref>
* Count 4: [[Mail and wire fraud#Wire fraud|Wire Fraud Conspiracy]]<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1349}} and {{USCSub2|18|3551}}, ''et seq''.</ref>
* Count 5: [[Sex trafficking in the United States|Sex Trafficking Conspiracy]]<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1594|c}}, {{USCSub2|18|1591|b|1}} and {{USCSub2|18|3551}}, ''et seq''.</ref>
* Count 6: Sex Trafficking<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1591|a|1}},  {{USCSub2|18|1591|a|2}}, {{USCSub2|18|1591|b|2}}, {{USCSub2|18|2}} and {{USCSub2|18|3551}}, ''et seq''.</ref>
* Count 7: Attempted Sex Trafficking<ref>[[18 USC]] §§ {{USCSub2|18|1594|a}}, {{USCSub2|18|1591|b|1}} {{USCSub2|18|2}} and {{USCSub2|18|3551}}, ''et seq''.</ref><ref>{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=Jury Verdict as to Keith Raniere|doc-number=735|date=June 19, 2019|pacer-number=416187|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 19, 2022}}</ref> 
|[[Nicholas Garaufis|Judge Nicholas Garaufis]] entered October 27, 2020, included

* 120 years imprisonment<ref name=":7"/>
* $1.75 million in fines due to the United States Government<ref name=":0">{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=Sentencing Memorandum|doc-number=966|att-number=0_1|date=October 27, 2020|pacer-number=416187|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>
* $15,000 assessment pursuant to the [[Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015]]<ref name=":0" />

From a supplemental sentencing statement & order, filed July 20, 2021, by Judge Garaufis:

* Monetary restitution from Raniere of $3.46 million to twenty-one victims<ref>{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Keith Raniere|title=Supplemental Sentencing Statement & Order as to Keith Raniere|doc-number=1073|date=July 20, 2020|pacer-number=416187|use-recap=yes|case-state=NY|case-district=ED|case-division=1|case-year=2018|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00204|access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>
** Seventeen victims recognized under the [[Trafficking Victims Protection Act]] (TVPA)
** Four victims compensated under [[Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018|Mandatory Victims Restitution Act]] (MVRA)
* "All lower-ranking members of DOS are victims of the wire fraud conspiracy in which the Defendant participated. […] Accordingly, the court finds that all lower-ranking DOS members are statutorily entitled to the return of their collateral, and it orders Mr. Raniere to effectuate that return to the fullest extent practicable."
** Due to [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]] concerns, Garaufis stayed this order while Raniere's direct appeal is heard before the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]].
||Incarcerated at [[Tucson USP]]
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| [[Allison Mack]] || Pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy || 3 years in prison<ref name=" NYT MACK">{{cite news | title = Actress Who Recruited Women for Nxivm Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/allison-mack-nxivm-sentencing.html | first = Colin | last = Moynihan | work = The New York Times | date = June 30, 2021}}</ref>
||Released on July 3, 2023<ref>{{cite web | title='Smallville' actor released from prison for role in sex-trafficking case tied to cult-like group | website=AP News | date=2023-07-05 | url=https://apnews.com/article/nxivm-allison-mack-smallville-f7b869eb7f5b89e5069a7cda00870606 | access-date=2024-02-05}}</ref>
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| [[Clare Bronfman]] || Pleaded guilty to conspiring to conceal and harbor an undocumented immigrant for financial gain, and fraudulent use of identification || 81 months in prison<ref>{{cite news | title = Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case | date = September 30, 2020 | first = Tom | last = Hays | url = https://apnews.com/article/keith-raniere-new-york-brooklyn-clare-bronfman-sentencing-2113db0c7ea15dc91c7de297cec89736 | publisher = The Associated Press}}</ref>
||Previously incarcerated at [[Danbury FCI]], now in [[Halfway house|RRM]] New York<ref name=inmateClare/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gavin |first=Robert |date=2024-05-06 |title=NXIVM's Bronfman released to halfway house in NYC |url=https://www.timesunion.com/nxivm/article/nxivm-s-bronfman-released-halfway-house-nyc-19442124.php |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Times Union |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| Lauren Salzman || Pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy || 5 years of probation<ref>{{cite news | title = Prominent NXIVM cult leader Lauren Salzman avoids jail time after 'extraordinary' cooperation | first = David | last = Li | url = https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/high-ranking-nxivm-cult-leader-lauren-salzman-avoids-jail-time-n1275275 | publisher = NBC News | date = July 28, 2021}}</ref> 
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| [[Nancy Salzman]] || Pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy || 42 months in prison<ref>{{cite news | title = NXIVM Co-Founder Nancy Salzman, Featured in 'The Vow' Docuseries, Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison | publisher = Variety | date = September 8, 2021 | url = https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/nxivm-cult-nancy-salzman-the-vow-prison-sentence-1235059017 | first = Kate | last = Aurthur}}</ref>||Released on March 19, 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Find an inmate - Register Number: 25533-052|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|date=May 30, 2024 |work=Federal Bureau of Prisons}}</ref>{{better|date=November 2025}}
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| Kathy Russell || Pleaded guilty to visa fraud || 2 years of probation<ref>{{cite news | title = Judge hands down final sentence in NXIVM case| work =ABC news| date = October 7, 2021|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-hands-final-sentence-nxivm-case/story?id=80443423}}</ref>
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