They said in court, on March 15, 2024, that Isaac Camon “clearly has no regard for the law.” But did he really have no regard for it? It could be argued that fraudsters definitely regard the law. Right before they break it. They just don’t respect it. Camon had nothing else to do but consider the law he was breaking filing for COVID-19 unemployment benefits. After all, he filed for those benefits while serving time in a federal prison where there is nothing but time to consider anything and everything.
On June 16, 2020, Camon filed a fraudulent online claim for federal and state pandemic unemployment assistance with the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL). In the claim, Camon falsely asserted he worked for two companies during a time period when he was actually serving a federal sentence in a prison or on home confinement for firearms and drug trafficking. Camon had never reported any work income for tax purposes (there are no W-2 forms filed for selling drugs) so he had to file his unemployment claim with fraudulent returns. Unfortunately, one of the companies Camon claimed to work for wasn’t in operation at the time he stated he was employed by them.
Isaac Camon, 49, of Valdosta, was sentenced to serve thirty-six months in prison for one count of wire fraud plus thirty-six months in prison for revocation of his supervised release for a total of seventy-two months in prison. No chance of parole. 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.
Great job by the Department of Labor with this case.
Today’s Fraud of The Day is based on article “Valdosta man sentenced for pandemic fraud” published by Valdosta Daily Times on March 15, 2024
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.
