FBI seeking potential child victims of Ravena man

RAVENA―The FBI’s Albany Division is looking to identify potential alleged victims of Ryan Catello, the Ravena man authorities say is part of an extremist group that targets minors.

Catello, 24, who federal officials say also goes by the names “Stabzone,” and “Mors,”  was arrested in April on child pornography charges.

According to the FBI, Catello also used other monikers on platforms like Roblox, Discord, Telegram, Snapchat, and Instagram, and may have targeted minor girls from approximately May 2022 through April 2026 online by offering payment or gifts in exchange for sexually explicit images and/or videos.

Anyone who believes they or their child may have had contact with Catello is asked to fill out a form on the FBI’s website at https://forms.fbi.gov/victims/CatelloVictims/view. All identities of victims will be kept confidential.

According to the criminal complaint against Catello, between March 18 and March 27 he sexually exploited at least two minors by coercing them into self-producing images of child pornography and then allegedly received those images files via the Internet.

The complaint further alleges that Catello is a member of “764,” a criminal organization of Nihilistic Violent Extremists (NVE) operating within the United States and abroad.

Those involved with “764” and related NVE networks methodically target vulnerable, underage populations by using social media to encourage the possession, production, and sharing of extreme gore media and child sexual abuse material, federal officials said.

“Members of 764 seek to desensitize young people to violence and break down societal norms regarding violence. They normalize the possession, production, and sharing of explicit CSAM and gore material to corrupt and groom their victims toward future violence, gain notoriety among other members of the network, and spread fear for the purpose of accelerating chaos under the 764 ideology with an aim toward the disruption of society,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

As of last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had 250 investigations into “764” underway across all of its 55 nationwide field offices.

The FBI is investigating the case against Catello with assistance from New York State Police.