Fontana guy sentenced to 10 years for scamming victims including businesses and romantic partners

A Fontana male was sentenced Monday, March 27 to ten years in a federal prison for defrauding 8 females, some of whom he established romantic relationships with, and 9 companies, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Ze'Shawn Stanley Campbell, 35, formerly of Irvine, befriended and started relationships with victims to convince them he was reliable from April 2014 to April 2020, the DOJ said in a press release.

In these relationships, he declared to have vast wealth and numerous effective businesses as a way to construct reliability among the victims, according to the news release. Campbell likewise falsely declared to be a successful financier which he had actually functioned as a Navy SEAL in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The lies were utilized to encourage victims to offer him with home and money to support his companies and medical costs, the release stated. Campbell used the funds offered to him, rather, on high-end items and other personal expenses, district attorneys said.

As an example, in December 2017, a victim composed him a look for $61,452 that was deposited into Campbell's account. He utilized this cash for personal factors such as to make payments on a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz that were leased in another victim's name.

Campbell pleaded guilty in October 2022 to one count of wire fraud and one count of cash laundering.

U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi found that the losses caused by Campbell surpassed $550,000 and set another hearing to figure out the restitution owed to the victims.