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Corrections officer, Georgia inmate accused of trying to bilk Bergen County residents

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Corrections officer, Georgia inmate accused of trying to bilk Bergen County residents

MAY 19, 2014, 7:19 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014, 7:19 PM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

A corrections officer and an inmate from Georgia are accused of being part of a larger conspiracy that involves people posing as law enforcement officers from Bergen County and elsewhere, and asking people to pay court fines to avoid being arrested, authorities said in a news release Monday.

The conspiracy has spread to a dozen states and included calls from people claiming to be from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office asking for payment from people who failed to make court appearances or who missed jury duty, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said.

The investigation led to the arrest of Clarinda K. Carter, a corrections officer at Wheeler State Correctional Facility in Alamo, Ga., and Covian J. Camp, an inmate at Autry State Prison in Pelham, Ga., Saudino said.

Authorities believe Carter and Camp “collaborated to target Bergen County residents” and are “the first two arrests in a nationwide scam that we believe will lead to many more arrests in the coming months,” Saudino said.

They each were charged with two counts of second-degree theft by extortion and two counts of fourth-degree impersonating a law enforcement officer, Saudino said.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/corrections-officer-georgia-inmate-accused-of-trying-to-bilk-bergen-county-residents-1.1019236#sthash.XqV4eYqg.dpuf

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