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NYPD Sergeant Indicted on False Personation Charge Over Alleged ICE Impersonation

The brief indictment outlines an alleged March contact in Queens directing a family to report to an ICE office.

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.