ATLANTA — A woman was sentenced Wednesday for an elaborate scheme that defrauded online delivery giant Amazon out of more than $9 million, using the ill-gotten gains to pay for luxuries.
She and her partner even tried to defraud a franchising company while out on bond, federal authorities said.
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Brittany Hudson, 40, of Atlanta was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison.
“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. Hertzberg. “Hudson then showed utter contempt for the law by forging a federal judge’s signature in a failed effort to defraud another company while out on bond.”
According to information shared from the U.S. Department of Justice, Hudson owned a business that delivered packages for Amazon.
She was also in a relationship with Kayricka Wortham, 35, of Atlanta, an operations manager at the Amazon warehouse in Smyrna. Wortham had the power to approve new vendors and payments for Amazon.
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In a six-month period from January to June 2022, Hudson and Wortham worked a scheme that defrauded Amazon out of nearly $10 million through a system of fake vendors and invoices.
The couple created fake vendors in Amazon’s system, with Wortham and another co-conspirator approving the fake profiles.
This allowed the couple to submit more than 1,000 fake invoices for goods and services that hadn’t been provided to Amazon. The invoices were approved by Wortham, causing Amazon to transfer about $9.4 million to bank accounts controlled by the conspirators.
They spent the money on luxuries, 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,” federal authorities said.
The couple were federally charged with defrauding Amazon in September 2022.
Then, while on bond, they tried to defraud a franchising company to open a hookah lounge in January 2023, causing their bond to be revoked.
They falsely claimed the Amazon criminal charges against them in the Amazon case had been dropped, emailing fake court documents with forged signatures of two judges as well as phony financial statements to support their claim.
Hudson was convicted back in March of 30 felony charges, including wire fraud, money laundering and forging the signature of a federal judge.
She was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
She and Wortham were also ordered to repay Amazon the defrauded money and forfeit the luxury items bought with the money.
Wortham was sentenced back in 2023 to 16 years in prison and three years of supervised release.
In 2026, she pleaded guilty to forging the signature of a federal judge and was sentenced to an additional year of prison.
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