ST. CROIX, VI – Gregory Camacho, 43, the former Deputy Park Superintendent of the National Park Service in St. Croix, has been sentenced to nine months of home detention and four years of probation for converting property of another, U.S. Attorney for the USVI Delia L. Smith announced Thursday.

District Judge Wilma A. Lewis also imposed a $6,000 fine, a special assessment of $75, and ordered Camacho to pay $29,502.20 in restitution to the National Park Service.

Court documents reveal that between June 2019 and August 2020, while Camacho served as the acting park superintendent, he occupied two housing units owned by the National Park Service without paying rent. This resulted in a financial loss totaling $14,192.10. Furthermore, in July 2019, upon his relocation from Titusville, FL, to St. Croix, Camacho falsely claimed that his wife and four children had moved with him, unjustly receiving $13,387.50 in relocation expense reimbursements.

Additionally, between October 2018 and September 2019, Camacho submitted overlapping travel vouchers for reimbursement on four separate occasions while traveling from his primary duty station. This led to an improper gain of $1,922.50 in travel reimbursements.

The investigation, led by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior, brought these charges to light, with Assistant United States Attorney Daniel H. Huston prosecuting the case.