Former boss who stole $10M from Amazon using fake vendor invoices is jailed for 16 years
A former Amazon manager described by prosecutors as the"mastermind" behind a nearly $10 million scheme to steal money from the online megaretailer using fake invoices has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars in federal prison.
"The defendant abused her position of trust at Amazon to steal nearly $10 million from the company based on a brazen fraud scheme involving fake vendors and fictitious invoices," US Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in a"She then committed new crimes while on bond, even creating a fake dismissal document purporting to be from the court and that included the forged signature of the Chief US District Judge, all for the purpose of misleading a franchising company about the status of her...
One of the co-conspirators was Brittany Hudson, who was in a relationship with Wortham and owned a business called Legend Express that contracted with Amazon to deliver packages to customers.
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