Overview
- Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed a one-count case unsealed Tuesday, with arraignment scheduled in Brooklyn Federal Court.
- Charging documents say Atickul Islam used the name James W. Anderson and claimed to be ICE’s New York field office director.
- Prosecutors allege he told the victim and the victim’s family to report to a New York City ICE location by April 15, 2025.
- The filing offers few details about how he knew or contacted the victim, specifying only that the alleged crime occurred in Queens.
- Islam, 29, joined the NYPD in 2018 and became a sergeant in 2023, and his attorney, John Arlia, declined to comment; prosecutors are not expected to oppose his release on bond.