NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and an actor have been indicted for sex trafficking and forced labor.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District announced the indictment this afternoon. It alleges that Raniere and Allison Mack conspired to recruit females into the so-called self empowerment group. But instead, the women were allegedly used as Raniere's sex slaves.

Under what's described as a pyramid scheme, each recruit was tasked with luring more women into the group.

Mack was known as the lone female atop the pyramid, since Raniere was the only male member. She allegedly received money and other compensation for her recruitment efforts.

Last week, we learned new details about evidence seized during an FBI raid last month. A search of a Waterford home belonging to co-founder Nancy Salzman turned up hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, including currency from Russia and Mexico. Also located were computers, cell phones and hard drives.

Less than a mile away, FBI agents also searched a Halfmoon home and found video and audio tapes, a book called "History of Torture" and a DVD titled "Bought and Sold" -- a sex trafficking documentary.

While NXIVM has been in operation since the late 1990s, the crimes listed in the indictment allegedly took place in 2016.

If convicted, both Raniere and Mack face 15 years to life in prison.