Keith Allen Raniere is an American felon, convicted sex trafficker and the founder of NXIVM. Raniere was born on August 26, 1960, to James Raniere, a New York City advertiser, and his wife Vera Oschypko, a ballroom dancing instructor. In 1982, Raniere graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a 2. 26 GPA. In 2002, Gina Hutchinson was found dead of a gunshot wound to her head on the grounds of the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, an apparent suicide.
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Keith Allen Raniere is an American felon, convicted sex trafficker and the founder of NXIVM. Raniere was born on August 26, 1960, to James Raniere, a New York City advertiser, and his wife Vera Oschypko, a ballroom dancing instructor. In 1982, Raniere graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a 2. 26 GPA. In 2002, Gina Hutchinson was found dead of a gunshot wound to her head on the grounds of the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, an apparent suicide. In April 1985, the Times Union profiled Raniere, reporting on his membership in the Mega Society after he achieved a high score on founder K. K. Hoeflin’s MEGA test. Although the 1985 issue of the. Guinness Book of World Records described the Hoefling Group as the most exclusive IQ society, the 1989 edition of the Australian edition said it was an ultra-high IQ society. On June 19, 2019, Ranieri was convicted of federal crimes including sex trafficking of children, conspiracy, and conspiracy to commit forced labor, all related to a secret society known as DOS, or The Vow. He was sentenced to 120 years in prison on October 27, 2020, and is expected to be released from prison in December 2020. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, he was fascinated by Amway, Scientology and neuro-linguistic programming. He also worked as a computer programmer for the New York State Division of Parole.
Through the 1980s he was involved with the multi-level marketing company Amway’s Parole Division. He has been characterized in media reports as a cult leader and has been described as ‘the leader of a cult’ and ‘the founder of a multi- level marketing company and cult’ The organization also faced multiple accusations of systemic sexual abuse of female members by Raniere and members of his inner circle, leading to the arrests of Raniere in early 2018. The organization developed a following primarily through its personal development seminars, recruiting several celebrities and socialites. As an adult, he reported that he read Isaac Asimov’s mind control-themed work Second Foundation at age 12 and credited the novel with inspiring his work in NX IVM. In 1984, he had sex with 15-year-old Gina Melita after the two met in a theater group. After ending their relationship, Melita introduced him to her friend Gina Hutchinson, also 15. After Heidi found Raniere climbing into Gina’s bedroom window and confronted them, he told her that Gina was a \”Buddhist goddess meant to be with him. He’s clearly lying ’cause all of them are not special!’ Raniere told Heidi Hutchinson, Heidi Hutchinson’s sister, that he was sexually involved with Gina. He told her: ‘I love you. You’re the special one. You’re important. You are the only one in my life and I love you’
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