Half-million in cash was seized from NXIVM president's house

[Banacek]

FBI agents seized more than $520,000 in cash when they raided the Saratoga County residence of NXIVM President Nancy Salzman last month as part of a widening U.S. Justice Department investigation of the secretive organization.

Federal search warrant documents unsealed by a judge this week at the request of the Times Union indicate the U.S. currency was stuffed in bags, envelopes and shoe boxes, including one shoe box that held more than $390,000.

The FBI agents who raided Salzman's Oregon Trail residence in Halfmoon also seized numerous computers, data-storage devices, cameras, various mobile phones and BlackBerrys, and small amounts of Mexican and Russian currency, the records indicate.

Evidence also was seized from a nearby townhouse that was raided by federal agents that same day — March 27 — and had allegedly been used for years as a private sex lair by Keith Raniere. The items seized from that residence, on Hale Drive in the Knox Woods subdivision, included audio-video recording equipment, a box of unidentified white pills, computer storage devices, binders, VHS tapes, and a book titled "History of Torture."

https://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...m-12826689.php

[Rockntractor]

I don't know what NXIVMKLOIGHRWQA is?

[old dog]

It's some kind of self-help/indoctrination/scam/cult.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nxivm-membe...ry?id=51617201

[Zathras]

And NXIVM is not an acronym. It's the name of the company, pronounced Neks-ee-um.

[Happy Fun Ball]

If we make them say its name backwards, will it go away?

[Dan D. Doty]

$390,000 in a shoe box?

Someone much of have had some fat feet.

[noonwitch]

They sound like Scientology wannabes. All they need is a couple of celebrity members to hide behind.

[Banacek]

This goes back about a month

Keith Raniere: Nxivm leader charged with sex trafficking

Keith Raniere, the leader of an elusive US self-help group, has been arrested by the FBI in Mexico and charged with sex trafficking.

Federal prosecutors allege Mr Raniere oversaw a "slave and master" system in his group called Nxivm, where female members were expected to have sex with him and were branded with his initials.

He is expected to appear in court on the charges in Texas on Tuesday.

Mr Raniere left the country last year after former members spoke to US media.

A number of women came forward for an investigation published in the New York Times newspaper in October, which led to the United States attorney's office in Brooklyn opening an investigation into the group.

After the piece, a letter by Mr Raniere denied any such practices were sanctioned by the group and said an independent investigation found "no merit" to the allegations.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43550908