Overview

• German authorities arrested the 20-year-old German-Iranian suspect in Hamburg on June 17 following an FBI tip, and he remains in custody as prosecutors prepare formal charges.
• He allegedly served as a leading figure in 764, a violent online network that preyed on vulnerable children to coerce them into self-harm and sexual abuse.
• Prosecutors say he orchestrated an online abuse campaign that pressured a 13-year-old American boy to hang himself on a live-streamed video.
• He is suspected of committing over 120 crimes against eight minors from the U.S., Canada, England and Germany between 2021 and 2023.
• Investigators have uncovered more than 120 hours of graphic recordings and images used to blackmail victims into further self-harm.