Over the last two days the Garden Grove Police Department, along with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, San Bernardino County Social Services SIU, and other allied agency investigators conducted a joint operation targeting organized EBT fraud associated to transnational criminal organizations.
Included in the operation’s targets was Andrei Nicolae (age 18). The Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer office issued an arrest warrant for Nicolae on 3/31/26 for 45 felony charges related to theft of government benefits.
On 4/2/26 Nicolae was located and taken into custody…