NEWARK, N.J. – A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain was arraigned on September 25, 2015following his extradition to face charges that he participated in a large-scale lucrative ATM skimming scheme targeting New Jersey bank customers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Alin Dumitru Carabus, 41, will appear tomorrow afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda D. Wettre in Newark federal court. He is charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to possess 15 or more counterfeit access devices, and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. One of the other individuals charged in the indictment, Robert Mate, was previously apprehended in Spain and extradited to the United States. The third individual charged in the indictment, Ionut Vasile Ciurba-Stana, has been apprehended in Spain, and a request for extradition is pending. 

According to documents filed in this and other cases and statements made in court: