Georgina J. Camacho Sentenced to Prison for Financial Institution Fraud

          Today, SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant GEORGINA J. CAMACHO, age 30, was sentenced in District Court to a 12-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay a mandatory $200 assessment fee, restitution in the amount of $26,237.43 and 50 hours of community service.

          On June 20, 2016, Defendant CAMACHO waived Indictment and entered a plea of guilty to an Information charging her with two counts of Financial Institution Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The investigation revealed that CAMACHO defrauded Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU), the Navy Exchange Services Command (NEX), and the Army and Air Force and Exchange Services (AAFES) by writing checks drawn from her NFCU account which had insufficient funds and was closed. From May 27, 2015 to June 6, 2015, CAMACHO wrote 39 checks, made them payable to and negotiated them at the NEX and AAFES, in order to obtain merchandise from them. The NEX and AAFES incurred losses of $16,537.98 and $9,699.45, respectively.

          The case was investigated by agents of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the 36th Security Forces Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base. The case was prosecuted by Marivic P. David, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Guam.