{"id":362810,"date":"2026-10-02T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362810\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:10:09","slug":"former-cop-from-queens-pleads-guilty-to-impersonating-ice-official-to-intimidate-woman-who-rejected-his-romantic-overtures-feds-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362810\/","title":{"rendered":"Former cop from Queens pleads guilty to impersonating ICE official to intimidate woman who rejected his romantic overtures: Feds \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former NYPD sergeant from Queens admitted he posed as an ICE official and threatened to deport an immigrant woman and her family in Queens after she rejected his romantic advances in 2025. <\/p>\n

Atickul Islam, 29, of Ozone Park<\/a>, pleaded guilty to false impersonation of an officer of the United States in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Islam was charged after he falsely claimed to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official and directed the victim and her family to turn themselves in at an ICE office or face \u201clegal action\u201d and \u201cenforcement measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of his guilty plea, Islam was required to resign from the NYPD \u2014 which he did on Sept. 25 \u2014 and cannot apply to another position with the NYPD, or any law enforcement agency, at any time. When sentenced, Islam faces a maximum of three years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

\"AsAs part of his plea deal, Atickul Islam was required to resign from the NYPD and surrender any firearms registered in his name as he is a convicted felon.Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of upholding the law and serving members of his community, Atickul Islam used lies and the threat of deportation to take revenge on a woman in his personal life,\u201d U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella said. \u201cWe expect law enforcement officers of every rank to act with honesty and integrity. As demonstrated by today\u2019s plea, our office will not tolerate an officer who would use the threat of federal law enforcement to carry out a personal vendetta.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to court filings and Wednesday\u2019s plea proceedings, between March 22 and March 29, 2025, Islam sent the victim a series of text messages. On March 29, he sent the victim a message that was read into the record in court on Thursday by Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell Noble.<\/p>\n

\u201cICE will come get you and your family and you will live poor,\u201d Islam texted. \u201cMatter of fact I will make the phone call myself. Since I know where you guys live, do not worry, enjoy the stay for as long as it lasts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Approximately four hours later, Islam sent the victim another text message to the victim from an unknown number, claiming to be the Director of ICE\u2019s New York Field Office. In the message, Islam told the victim that this was an \u201cofficial notice\u201d that she had been reported to ICE and that she and her family must report to an ICE office or face \u201cfurther legal action and enforcement measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Islam pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 before U.S. District Judge Dora Irizarry. He was ordered to return to court for sentencing on March 24.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAtickul Islam\u2019s guilty plea shows that impersonating a federal officer is a serious crime that erodes public trust,\u201d\u00a0 FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Barnacle, of the New York Field Office, said. \u201cBy using fake authority to target and intimidate a victim for personal reasons, he betrayed that trust \u2013 and now faces the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former NYPD sergeant from Queens admitted he posed as an ICE official and threatened to deport an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[134729,134730,134731,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-362810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-atickul-islam","tag-false-impersonation-of-an-officer","tag-false-impersonation-of-an-officer-of-the-united-states","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}