A Romanian national, Catalin Dragomir, has been sentenced to 56 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for selling unauthorized access to the computer networks of an Oregon state government office and other U.S. victims.
Dragomir, 46, formerly of Constanta, Romania, obtained unauthorized access to an Oregon state government office network in June 2021, subsequently selling this access on the dark web. He provided prospective buyers with samples of personal identifying information and also sold access to numerous other victims across the United States and globally, resulting in losses of at least $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford emphasized the commitment to combating cybercrime, saying, “My office will continue to work with our law enforcement partners, here and abroad, to disrupt and dismantle malicious cyber criminal activity and to bring cyber criminals, wherever they may be, to account for their crimes in federal court in Oregon.” Dragomir was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and extradited to the U.S. in January 2025, pleading guilty on February 19, 2026, to obtaining information from a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.
The FBI investigated the case, with prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine A. Rykken and Trial Attorneys Benjamin A. Bleiberg and Alison M. Zitron. International cooperation from the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and Romanian authorities was crucial in securing Dragomir's arrest and extradition.