A Romanian national has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for obtaining unauthorized access to a computer on the network of an Oregon state government office and selling access to the compromised system, the Justice Department announced.
Catalin Dragomir, 46, formerly of Constanta, Romania, was sentenced in connection with a June 2021 intrusion into an Oregon state government office, according to court documents. After gaining unauthorized access to a computer on the agency’s network, Dragomir sold that access to a prospective buyer and provided samples of personal identifying information from the compromised machine as part of the transaction.
Prosecutors said Dragomir also sold access to the computer networks of numerous other U.S. victims, causing losses of at least $250,000 in total.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Scott Bradford for the District of Oregon announced the sentence.
Dragomir was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and extradited to the United States in January 2025. On Feb. 19, he pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining information from a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft.
The FBI Portland Field Office investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Benjamin A. Bleiberg and Alison M. Zitron of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine A. Rykken for the District of Oregon, prosecuted the case.
The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs coordinated with the Romanian Ministry of Justice, the Directorate for International Law and Judicial Cooperation, and the Romanian Judiciary to secure Dragomir’s arrest and extradition. The department also credited Darkweb IQ for its assistance with the investigation.
The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section investigates and prosecutes cybercrime and intellectual property offenses in coordination with domestic and international law enforcement agencies, often with private-sector assistance. Since 2020, the section has secured convictions against more than 180 cyber and IP criminals and obtained court orders for the return of more than $350 million in victim funds, according to the Justice Department.
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