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Nancy Salzman
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUnion County College (ADN)
Known forCo-Founding NXIVM
Children2 (including Lauren)[1]
Conviction(s)Racketeering conspiracy

Nancy L. Salzman is an American felon and the co-founder of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company and cult based near Albany, New York. A former nurse, Salzman worked with Keith Raniere in the development of the organization beginning in the 1990s.[2][3]

Background

Salzman has had experience with hypnosis[4] and NLP.[4] Salzman is listed in the Nursys database as having a nursing license in the state of New York from 1983 to its expiration in 2019- graduating from Cranford High School in New Jersey in 1972 and later Union College in Schenectady N.Y. [5]

NXIVM

Before Keith Raniere met Salzman, he operated a pyramid scheme called Consumers' Buyline Inc. that was shut down by the Attorney General of New York in September 1996.[6] In 1997, Salzman joined forces with Raniere in developing Executive Success Programs, which would eventually be rebranded as NXIVM.[4] At NXIVM, Salzman had considerable authority as president of the company, and was referred to as "Prefect" by cult members.[7]

In March 2018, FBI agents raided Salzman's house, located on Oregon Trail in Waterford, New York, on a search warrant and seized large amounts of illegal cash totaling $520,000 stuffed in bags, envelopes and shoe boxes, including one shoe box that held more than $390,000. Agents also seized numerous computers, data-storage devices, cameras, various mobile phones and BlackBerrys, and small amounts of Mexican and Russian currency.[8][9]

On July 24, 2018, Federal agents arrested Salzman, her daughter, Lauren Salzman, longtime bookkeeper Kathy Russell and Clare Bronfman on an indictment with charges of conspiracy racketeering.[10]

In July 2018, the court found that Salzman along with Raniere, Clare Bronfman, Allison Mack, Kathy Russell, and her own daughter, Lauren Salzman, committed the numerous crimes of identity theft, extortion, forced labor, sex trafficking, money laundering, wire fraud and obstruction of justice.[11] Salzman was also found guilty of obstructing justice in a civil suit between NXIVM and a former student by editing and removing portions of session videos to favor the appearance of the company.[12]

In March 2019, Salzman pled guilty to charges of conspiracy racketeering under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[13] Salzman was scheduled to be sentenced on July 10, 2019. Her sentencing, however, was pushed to a later date.[14] On July 9, 2021, it was announced that Salzman's sentencing date will be held on August 2, 2021. [15] This was later moved to September 8, 2021.

In January 2020, several NXIVM individuals including, Nancy and her daughter Lauren Salzman were named defendants in a civil lawsuit filed in federal court by 80 former NXIVM members. The lawsuit charging the NXIVM organisation of being a pyramid scheme, exploitation of its recruits and conducting illegal human experiments and making it "physically and psychologically difficult, and in some cases impossible, to leave the coercive community."[16][17][18]

In September 2021, Salzman was sentenced to 42 months in prison and a $150,000 fine for racketeering conspiracy.[19][20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Guilty plea ends Salzman's long allegiance to Raniere". timesunion.com. March 17, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Meier, Barry (March 12, 2019). "Co-Founder of Cultlike Group Where Women Were Branded Pleads Guilty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 19, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Moynihan, Colin (September 7, 2021). "Nxivm's Second-in-Command Helped Build a Culture of Abuse, Survivors Say". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b c Nicolaou, Elena (2020-10-27). "The Vow's Nancy Salzman Has Pled Guilty to NXIVM-Related Charges". Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  5. ^ "Nursys Search". www.nursys.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTEASTERNDISTRICTOFNEWYORK" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Legaspi, Althea (2019-03-14). "NXIVM Co-founder Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. ^ "FBI raids NXIVM president's house as Raniere appears in federal court". March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  9. ^ "Half-million in cash was seized from NXIVM president's house". April 11, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "Federal agents arrest NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman". July 24, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  11. ^ "Founder Of "Nxivm," a Purported Self-Help Organization, and Five Others Charged in Superseding Indictment with Racketeering Conspiracy". www.justice.gov. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  12. ^ staff/claire-lampen (2018-07-25). "Seagram's Heiress Clare Bronfman, 3 Others Arrested In Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Case". Gothamist. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  13. ^ Hughes, Steve; Lyons, Brendan J. (2019-03-13). "NXIVM President Nancy Salzman pleads guilty as Raniere faces new charges". Times Union. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  14. ^ "A Timeline of the Nxivm Sex Cult Case". November 27, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  15. ^ "NXIVM's Salzman can't attend first grandchild's birth, judge says". July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  16. ^ Lyons, Brendan J. (January 27, 2020). "Lawsuit targets Keith Raniere and NXIVM associates". Times Union. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  17. ^ Cachero, Paulina (January 30, 2020). "80 people have signed onto a lawsuit claiming NXIVM cult leaders exposed them to 'human fright' experiments, forced labor, and human trafficking". Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  18. ^ Hong, Nicole (January 29, 2020). "Nxivm 'Sex Cult' Was Also a Huge Pyramid Scheme, Lawsuit Says". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  19. ^ Moynihan, Colin (September 8, 2021). "Sex Cult Leader's Top Deputy Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Mr. Raniere was convicted on several charges and sentenced to 120 years in prison; Ms. Salzman pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering conspiracy, and former Nxivm members have described her as an enabler who made Mr. Raniere's abuse possible.
  20. ^ walsh, Joe (September 8, 2021). "NXIVM Cult Leader Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison". Forbes.
  21. ^ "NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Sentenced to 42 Months' Imprisonment for Racketeering Conspiracy". Department of Justice. September 8, 2021.
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