Georgia woman receives sentence over Amazon scheme

Fraud mastermind Kayricka Wortham acquired a 16-year jail sentence for the $9.4 million she stole as an operations supervisor for Amazon.

Also called “Kayricka Dupree” and “Kayricka Younger,” the 32-year-old Georgia resident should endure three years of supervised launch and pay her astounding $9,469,731.45 restitution. The not too long ago sentenced girl lied her method into fraudulently securing her tens of millions, in keeping with the USA Legal professional’s Workplace of the Northern District of Georgia. She additionally dedicated crimes whereas on bond and solid the signature of a high-ranking authorities official. She pled responsible and was convicted of her prices in late November 2022.

U.S. Legal professional Ryan Ok. Buchanan claimed that Wortham was the ringleader behind a “brazen fraud scheme involving faux distributors and fictitious invoices.”

The 32-year-old ran her multi-million scheme from August 2020 to March 2022 in a Smyrna-based Amazon warehouse. As an operations supervisor, the previous worker held authority relating to the approval and funds of recent and established warehouse distributors. She took benefit of that standing and concerned different Amazon workers, knowingly and unknowingly, in her scheme. 

“As soon as the data was entered, Wortham permitted the faux distributors, enabling them to submit invoices. Wortham and co-conspirators then submitted fictitious invoices to Amazon, falsely representing that the distributors had supplied items and providers to Amazon. Wortham permitted the invoices, inflicting Amazon to switch tens of millions in fraudulent proceeds to financial institution accounts managed by her and her co-conspirators.”

The 32-year-old had $2.7 million of her stolen funds scattered throughout a number of financial institution accounts. She additionally purchases a $1 million dwelling in Smyrna and a fleet of luxurious vehicles — together with “a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, a 2021 Dodge Durango, a 2022 Tesla Mannequin X, a 2018 Porsche Panamera and a Kawasaki ZX636 bike.” The federal government in the end seized or forfeited the stolen cash and fraudulently bought items.

Worthan is one in every of seven fellow workers that had been charged. Three of the accused — Laquettia Blanchard, Demetrius Hines and JaQuan Frazier — have already pled responsible to associated offenses.

The remaining events — Brittany Hudson, Jamar L. James, Sr. and Darrel J. Burgo — all have mixtures of prices connected to their names.

Hudson, 37, was Wortham’s shut companion in the entire operation. Along with being in a relationship and submitting the faux invoices collectively, the 2 shared a enterprise, Legend Specific LLC, “that contracted with Amazon to ship packages to prospects.”

The Georgia residents bought the spoils of their lavish way of life collectively — together with the aforementioned actual property and luxurious autos.

The U.S. Secret Service nonetheless has the case underneath investigation.

– Written by Natasha Decker for MADAMENOIRE

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