Two men believed to be in the U.S. unlawfully are accused of dressing up as federal immigration agents and threatening to deport various Hispanics in the community unless they pay them money, according to local prosecutors.
Laurentiu Baceanu and Alexandru Vasile, both from Romania, were charged with hate crimes and other robbery offenses for allegedly identifying themselves as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to Hispanic individuals and threatening to deport them unless they hand over money, according to a Wednesday press release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
