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Atlanta woman who ripped off Amazon for nearly $10M to buy luxury sports cars learns sentence
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AMAZON'S 30-MINUTE DELIVERY PUSH RAISES STAKES IN RACE FOR SPEED Brittany Hudson and Kayricka Wortham were convicted of defrauding Amazon. | Fox News In addition to her prison sentence, Hudson was ordered to pay $9,469,731 in restitution to Amazon, while the court entered a forfeiture money judgment of $7,859,136 and ordered Hudson to forfeit her residence in Smyrna and money seized from her bank account as fraudulent proceeds of her scheme.
AMAZON PLANS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF PRIME AIR DRONE DELIVERIES "Hudson and her partner engineered a massive fraud scheme against Amazon, stealing nearly $10 million in just a few months," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. They were both sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay restitution, while forfeiting luxury cars and property obtained with the fraudulent funds. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia / Fox News) GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Wortham was sentenced to 16 years in prison in June 2023 and was sentenced to an additional year in March 2026 after pleading guilty to forging the signature of a federal judge.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said in a release that Brittany Hudson was sentenced to 16 years and three months in federal prison after she and her partner used a business relationship with Amazon to defraud the e-commerce giant.
"The sentencing in this case brings a brazen fraud operation to its inevitable conclusion — years behind bars for the criminals involved," said Rob Donovan, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Atlanta Field Office.
Wortham and another co-conspirator at Amazon approved the fake vendor profiles, which allowed them to submit invoices.
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- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said in a release that Brittany Hudson was sentenced to 16 years and three months in federal prison after she and her partner used a business…
- AMAZON PLANS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF PRIME AIR DRONE DELIVERIES "Hudson and her partner engineered a massive fraud scheme against Amazon, stealing nearly $10 million in just a few months," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S.
- Wortham and another co-conspirator at Amazon approved the fake vendor profiles, which allowed them to submit invoices.
- "The sentencing in this case brings a brazen fraud operation to its inevitable conclusion — years behind bars for the criminals involved," said Rob Donovan, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Atlanta…
- AMAZON'S 30-MINUTE DELIVERY PUSH RAISES STAKES IN RACE FOR SPEED Brittany Hudson and Kayricka Wortham were convicted of defrauding Amazon. | Fox News In addition to her prison sentence, Hudson was ordered to pay…
- They were both sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay restitution, while forfeiting luxury cars and property obtained with the fraudulent funds. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia / Fox…
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