Amazon Scammers Get Decades Behind Bars for $9.4M Heist

A former Amazon manager and her partner were sentenced for a massive $9.4 million scam that involved creating fake invoices to take money from the company in 2022.

Brittany Hudson, 40, of Atlanta, received 16 years and three months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervision after her release. The court also ordered her to pay Amazon $9,469,731.45.

Hudson and her partner, Kayricka Wortham, created dozens of fake vendors in Amazon's payment system between January and June 2022. They submitted over 1,000 invoices for goods and services the vendors never provided, leading Amazon to send about $9.4 million to bank accounts controlled by Hudson, Wortham, and others.

Prosecutors said the money paid for a Smyrna home valued at nearly $1 million, four luxury vehicles, and a motorcycle. Both women were charged in September 2022 and sought an agreement to open a hookah lounge in Midtown Atlanta while free on bond.