Yulee man pleads guilty in $5.7M fraud against Swisher International

A Yulee man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges after more than $5.7 million was stolen from Jacksonville-based Swisher International and its sister company, E-Alternative Solutions.

Richard Everett Camp Jr. faces up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

According to the plea agreement, Camp and his co-conspirators used two different schemes to acquire the funds.

In a wire fraud scheme, the co-conspirators diverted federal tobacco excise tax refunds into Camp’s personal bank accounts. The refunds were owed to Swisher.

In the mail fraud scheme, the conspirators submitted fraudulent invoices to Swisher and E-Alternative Solutions for services that were never rendered. One of the co-conspirators was a Swisher employee at the time and vouched for the accuracy of the invoices and payments to be made, the plea agreement said.

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In terms of money laundering, Camp and a co-conspirator diverted proceeds from the mail fraud scheme into accounts of one of the companies claiming to have rendered services, prosecutors said. The money was then transferred to Camp’s personal accounts, which he used to buy property and numerous other items, including vehicles and jewelry, the plea agreement said.

No sentencing date has been set. As part of his plea agreement, Camp must pay restitution to Swisher and forfeit three pieces of property, two vehicles and more than $250,000, prosecutors say.