Valdosta man sentenced for pandemic fraud
Mar. 15—MACON — A Valdosta man was sentenced to prison Thursday for carrying out pandemic fraud from behind bars.
Isaac Camon, 49, was sentenced 36 months in prison for one count of wire fraud plus 36 months in prison for revocation of his supervised release, followed by three years of supervised release, a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice said.
On June 16, 2020, Camon filed a fraudulent online claim for federal and state pandemic unemployment assistance with the Georgia Department of Labor, the statement said.
In the claim, Camon asserted he worked for two companies during a time period when he was actually serving a federal sentence in a prison, a halfway house or on home confinement for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. One of the companies Camon claimed to work for wasn't in operation at the time he stated he was employed by them. Camon is being held accountable for an intended fraud loss of $19,452; the restitution amount payable to the Georgia Department of Labor is $16,322, the justice department said.
Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice's National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.
Terry Richards is the senior reporter for The Valdosta Daily Times.
