Six women from Romania arrested in Boston for robberies and scams. Pretended to help sick children
The Massachusetts police have detained a group of six Romanians suspected of housing breaks and sentimental scams.
Six women from Romania, arrested in Boston for robberies and photo scams: Norwood Police
Six women of Romanian origin, between the ages of 21 and 42, were arrested on July 29, 2025, in Norwood, Massachusetts, by the US Imigration and Customs Service, according to a statement issued by Homeland Security.
“Suspects face multiple accusations, including breaking and penetrating with the intention of committing an offenseconspiracy, possession of tools for breaking and opposing arrest. Police confirmed that several of them had active mandates from other states for similar crimes”, It is shown in the official document.
How were they caught
On July 25, the Norwood police intervened following a notification of a housing break on Nonset Street. According to CBS News, the owners said that when they returned home, they found more women inside.
“The tenants told the police that, when returning home, they found more women in their home. According to the police, when the owners faced them, they fled a car”.
A police crew identified a vehicle that corresponded to the description and tried to stop it, but the driver refused to shoot on the right, triggering a short-term tracking. Later, the six women abandoned the car and fled to a wooded area, but they were all detained shortly.
“Scams under the pretext of helping sick children”
The Breitbart News website, close to the current Maga and founded by Stephen Bannon, reported that one of the women was involved in the scams in which the Americans were deceived to donate money for sick children.
“The Imigration and Customs (ICE) service arrested a member woman of the Romanian group of thieves accused of visa American coordinated thefts from fraudulent stores and scams Under the pretext of helping the sick children ”notes Breitbart.
Tricia McLaughlin, deputy at Homeland Security, said: “This tape of thieves will no longer be able to turn American citizens into victims. These foreign persons illegally in the country should not have been left to walk free on the streets From Massachusetts to steal from Americans and Trump's presidency and Secretary Noem, this will not happen again. “
Two other arrests when the payment of the bail was tried
According to the Norwood police, two men who came to pay the bail were also arrested by ICE agents.
NBC Boston states that the detained persons are Mirabela Caldarau (42 years old), Jajela Chiciu (41 years), Flavia Căldăraru (22 years), Emilia Sardaru (36 years), Michaela Ion (33 years) and Elizabeth Sardaru (21 years), all with domicile in Maryland.
Women are accused of “breaking up and entry by burglary During the day for committing a serious crime, conspiracy, possession of tools for breaking and opposing arrest“According to the NBC. The house they entered was not locked, and the investigators claim that they are all relatives.
Eliminating Romania from the Visa Waiver program, related to this case
Breitbart emphasizes in the article that Donald Trump has eliminated Romania from the visa exemption program (Visa Waiver) for national security reasons.
Although Romania had met in 2024 the main criterion, the rate of exceeding the legal stay by 2.61%, lower than the threshold of 3%, the figures from the previous years were invoked: almost 9% in 2023, about 13% in 2022 and over 17% in 2021.
Romanians traced and obliged to commit crimes in the US
The problem of Romanian criminals in the US is complex. For many years, the criminal networks in Romania, especially from the Craiova area, are trafficizing people to Mexico and then across the border, in the USA.
According to criminal files consulted by the press, these people are obliged to steal, begging and returning the money of the networks that facilitated the illegal crossing of the border.
A 2019 statistics of Homeland Security shows that 4,190 Romanians were caught on the border between Mexico and the US for five years, figures that represent only part of the total of those who tried to pass.
Recent diplomatic discussion about illegal migration
Against the background of these concerns, the subject of human trafficking has recently been approached in a telephone conversation between the head of Romanian diplomacy, Oana Țoiu, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
“During the discussion, Marco Rubio emphasized the wish of the United States to develop fair and balanced commercial relations and appreciated Romania's involvement in the electronic verification program”, It is shown in a statement issued by the US Embassy in Romania.
Rubio and Țoiu also discussed the cooperation in the field of defense, energy and combating illegal migration.
