Keith Raniere told a loyal NXIVM disciple he wanted to “get scrutiny” on the federal judge who will sentence him in October and that the judge needs to know “he’s being watched,” federal prosecutors in Brooklyn revealed in asking the same judge to send Raniere to prison for life.

In a lengthy recommendation to Senior U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis filed late Thursday, prosecutors said the 60-year-old Raniere, the purported self-help guru and convicted sex trafficker whose cult-like organization was based in Colonie, is communicating with his remaining followers through emails and jailhouse phone conversations.