VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach man was sentenced Friday to 45 years in federal prison for an auto loan and identity theft scheme that defrauded romantic partners, credit unions, auto dealers and strangers, according to court records.
Dion Lamont Camp, 41, was convicted March 21, 2025, by a federal jury on 19 charges, including bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security number.
Court documents state that:
He typically sought out women with good jobs and high credit scores, particularly enlisted U.S. Navy servicemembers. Camp caused six fraudulent loans to be issued from a national credit union in 2020 through 2022 for luxury cars that were never purchased or for which financing was obtained both from a credit union and the car dealership for the same car…