Former Amazon employee sentenced to 16 years in prison in $9.4 million fraud case

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A federal district court on Wednesday sentenced a former Amazon employee to 16 years in jail for millions in fraud against the tech giant, according to officials.

A federal district court on Wednesday sentenced a former Amazon employee to 16 years in prison for a multimillion-dollar fraud against theThe sentencing of the ex-Amazon operations manager, Kayricka Wortham of Georgia, came roughly seven months after she entered a guilty plea toShe led a multi-person scheme to defraud the tech company and steal over $9.4 million during her 1½ years with Amazon,Wortham and one of her alleged co-conspirators, Brittany Hudson, were in a relationship.

They allegedly used money they stole to buy "expensive real estate and luxury cars, including a nearly $1 million home in Smyrna, Georgia; a 2019 Lamborghini Urus; a 2021 Dodge Durango; a 2022 Tesla Model X; a 2018 Porsche Panamera; and a Kawasaki ZX636 motorcycle," according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

 

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