A Romanian man pleaded guilty to selling admin access to Oregon’s state network for $3,000 in Bitcoin and repeatedly accessing it to prove control.
Catalin Dragomir (45) from Romania, pleaded guilty in the U.S. for selling unauthorized admin access to an Oregon state emergency management network. He gained access in June 2021, advertised it, and negotiated a $3,000 Bitcoin sale. According to DoJ, the man repeatedly accessed the system to demonstrate he controlled it.
“According to court documents, Catalin Dragomir, 45, formerly of Constanta, Romania, sold access to a computer on the network of an Oregon state government office after obtaining unauthorized access to it in June of 2021.” reads the press release published by DoJ. “During the sale of access to the computer, Dragomir provided the prospective buyer with samples of personal identifying information from the computer.”
The Romanian national also sold access to the computer networks of many other US victims, causing over $250,000 losses.
Catalin Dragomir was arrested in Romania in November 2024 and extradited to the U.S. in January 2025. He pleaded guilty to obtaining information from a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. Sentencing is set for May 26, 2026, with a maximum of five years for the first count and a mandatory two-year consecutive term for identity theft, pending the judge’s review of sentencing guidelines and statutory factors.
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