SACRAMENTO—Today, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office special agents returned wanted fugitive Nida Muhammad Niazy, 32, to Sacramento County to face multiple sexual assault charges. Niazy was booked into the Sacramento County Jail and is currently awaiting his initial appearance before the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento.

With the assistance of the FBI Berlin Legal Attaché and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Germany, Niazy was apprehended by Landeskriminalamt Schleswig-Holstein, near Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, on February 23, 2023, pending extradition.

“The FBI is eager to help our law enforcement partners ensure those accused of crimes can and will answer to charges, despite their efforts to flee,” said Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan of the FBI Sacramento Field Office. “We thank our international partners and the FBI International Operations Division for assisting us with our effort to apprehend Mr. Niazy.”

Niazy’s return to Sacramento County to face prosecution is funded by the United States Government’s “Project Welcome Home,” which provides funding to assist in the transportation of federal fugitives to the United States.

Niazy is alleged to have sexually assaulted two people last fall. The Sacramento State Police Department, which serves the California State University, Sacramento campus community, and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department investigated the assaults. The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case.

The FBI obtained a federal arrest warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on December 14, 2022, following the FBI’s discovery that Niazy had taken a commercial flight from San Francisco to Switzerland, on November 5, 2022. The Sacramento State Police Department, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, and FBI Sacramento Field Office worked collaboratively to locate and apprehend Niazy.

The FBI continues to collaborate with its law enforcement partners to apprehend criminals charged with state crimes who then flee the jurisdiction. Cases seeking information from the public, including fugitive matters, are posted on the FBI Sacramento Field Office’s Most Wanted page and FBI Most Wanted app. Anyone with information that may aid these cases may contact their local FBI office, United States embassy, or submit information online at tips.fbi.gov.