A former manager of an Amazon warehouse in Georgia was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for being the mastermind of a $10 million scheme that allegedly involved an Alabama man.
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She was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr., to 16 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Wortham was also ordered to pay Amazon more than $9.4 million in restitution.She “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,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan in a statement.
James, a former operations manager at an Amazon location in Duluth, Georgia, was charged last month with conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering.While out on bond, Wortham committed new crimes that led to her bond being revoked, prosecutors said.
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