Jeffrey Roussel

Jeffrey Roussel (born approximately 2000, Quebec City area, Quebec, Canada) was arrested on April 22, 2026 and charged with three counts under the terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada for operating and promoting a Telegram group that disseminated the violent ideology and content of the 764 network. The arrest was conducted by the RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). Roussel's prosecution is among the first, and may be the first, under Canada's December 2025 formal designation of 764 as a terrorist entity.¹

Charges

Roussel was charged under three provisions of the Criminal Code of Canada:

• Section 83.18: Participation in the activity of a terrorist group
• Section 83.19: Facilitating terrorist activity
• Section 83.2: Commission of an indictable offense for a terrorist group

The charges relate to his alleged operation of a Telegram group through which he published and distributed graphic, violent, and highly disturbing content with the intent to inspire and recruit others to the 764 network. His documented victims were primarily teenagers.¹

Canada's 764 Terrorist Designation

Canada designated 764 as a terrorist entity in December 2025, making it one of the few countries to formally classify the network as such. The December 2025 designation followed a series of international enforcement actions against 764 and The Com ecosystem in 2024-2025, including the U.S. federal indictment of Baron Cain Martin in October 2025 (which included a terrorism count) and the arrests of 764 Inferno leaders Leonidas Varagiannis and Prasan Nepal in April 2025.

The RCMP press release explicitly cited Canada's December 2025 terrorist entity designation as the basis for bringing terrorism charges rather than the child exploitation and cybercrime statutes that had governed prior 764-related prosecutions in Canada. The Crown opposed bail at Roussel's initial hearing.²