Overview

• Catalin-Marius Graur received a 120-month federal prison sentence and was ordered to pay $165,697 in restitution after pleading guilty in October 2024 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud
• On August 5, 2025, Marius Marian pleaded guilty to bank fraud, illegal reentry and asylum fraud for his role in the scheme and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 20, 2025
• Marian admitted using skimmer devices on ATMs and point-of-sale machines across Northern California to capture 601 unique EBT account numbers and withdraw $507,916 in cash
• Investigators say Graur installed advanced skimming devices in ATMs and terminals in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire and was arrested in June 2024 in New York City with over $37,000 in cash and 1,488 stolen device numbers
• The prosecutions involved coordinated efforts by U.S. attorney’s offices in California, the FBI, Secret Service, ICE, the California Department of Social Services and the Romanian National Police