PORTLAND, Ore. — A Romanian national has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a cybercrime operation that targeted an Oregon state government office and numerous other victims across the United States and internationally.
Federal prosecutors announced that 46-year-old Catalin Dragomir, formerly of Constanta, Romania, was sentenced to 56 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. The sentence stems from a 2021 cyber intrusion into an Oregon state government network and a broader scheme involving the sale of unauthorized access to compromised computer systems on the dark web.
According to court documents, Dragomir gained unauthorized access to a computer connected to an Oregon state government office in June 2021. He later advertised and sold access to the compromised system on the dark web, providing potential buyers with samples of personal identifying information obtained from the computer.
Investigators said Dragomir also sold access to numerous other victim networks in the United States and around the world. The cyberattacks resulted in losses of at least $250,000. To conceal his identity, Dragomir operated under multiple aliases while conducting his activities on dark web marketplaces.
“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,” said U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford.
Authorities arrested Dragomir in Romania in November 2024. Following international legal proceedings, he was extradited to the United States in January 2025 to face federal charges.
On Feb. 19, 2026, Dragomir pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.
The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prosecutors included Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine A. Rykken for the District of Oregon and Trial Attorneys Benjamin A. Bleiberg and Alison M. Zitron of the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS).
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs coordinated with Romanian authorities, including the Ministry of Justice, Directorate for International Law and Judicial Cooperation, and the Romanian judiciary to secure Dragomir’s arrest and extradition. Investigators also credited cybersecurity firm Darkweb IQ for assisting with the case.
The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section works with domestic and international law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute cybercrime and intellectual property offenses. Since 2020, the section has secured convictions against more than 180 cyber and intellectual property criminals and obtained court orders returning more than $350 million to victims.
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