NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia Beach man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for orchestrating a sweeping identity-fraud and auto-loan scheme that defrauded Navy Federal Credit Union and harmed multiple victims, authorities said.
Between 2020 and 2022, Dion Lamont Camp caused six fraudulent auto loans to be issued by Navy Federal, using stolen personal information to obtain financing for luxury vehicles that were never legitimately purchased or properly secured, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia stated.
Camp, 41, targeted numerous women, including enlisted U.S. Navy servicemembers, by initiating romantic relationships and then coercing them into providing personal information and loan applications. Prosecutors said he used a combination of false tax documents and promises of repayment to persuade the women to apply for credit and then diverted the proceeds for his personal use.
Evidence presented at trial showed that Camp’s fraud was compounded by sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of victims as part of his manipulation. The total financial proceeds from his scheme exceeded $1.7 million, even as Camp was significantly behind on child support for his 22 children, the U.S. Attorney's Office, stated.
In addition to the Navy Federal Credit Union loans, Camp obtained unauthorized American Express cards in victims’ names and used false identifying information to apply for property rentals. He also fabricated credit reports and IRS filings to enhance his fraudulent applications.
A federal jury convicted Camp in March 2025 on 19 counts, including bank and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security number. While Navy Federal Credit Union is specifically named in the fraud allegations, authorities have previously indicated there may be additional, unnamed credit union and auto dealer victims linked to his broader scheme.