ICE New York City arrests convicted Romanian national with removal order

NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Dan Adrian Agafitei, 26, an illegally present Romanian national upon his release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, March 4.

“The arrest of Mr. Agafitei reinforces the agency’s commitment to identify, detain and remove violent criminals and immigration law violators who pose the greatest threat to national security and public safety,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City acting Field Office Director William P. Joyce. “Thanks for the proactive approach of the men and women of ICE and due to the extraordinary partnerships between federal agencies, this alien is not free to pose any additional threat to the community.”

Agafitei illegally entered the U.S. on an unknown date and at an unknown location without admission by an Immigration Official.

A grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York indicted Agafitei on 17 counts of criminal violations related to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, Feb. 21, 2024. The FBI arrested Agafitei on a criminal arrest warrant a week later, and ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the U.S. Marshals Service against his release. Agafitei was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud Feb. 27 and sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison while being ordered removed from the U.S.

Agafitei remains in ICE custody awaiting removal to Romania.

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