An Atlanta woman has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for her role in a scheme that defrauded Amazon of nearly $10 million. Brittany Hudson received a sentence of 16 years and three months after being convicted of 30 felony offenses, including wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy charges, and forgery of a federal judge's signature.
From January 2022 to June 2022, Hudson and her partner, Kayricka Wortham, created fake vendor profiles and submitted over 1,000 fictitious invoices within Amazon's vendor system. These fraudulent claims for goods and services, approved by Wortham and another co-conspirator at Amazon, resulted in approximately $9.4 million being transferred to accounts controlled by the conspirators.
The illicit funds were used to purchase luxury assets, 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 motorcycle.
While out on bond for the Amazon fraud charges, Hudson and Wortham attempted to defraud a franchising company. They entered into an agreement to open a hookah lounge, falsely claiming their charges had been dismissed and submitting counterfeit court documents bearing forged signatures of federal and county judges. This led to the revocation of their pretrial release.
In addition to her prison sentence, Hudson was ordered to pay $9,469,731 in restitution to Amazon. A forfeiture money judgment of $7,859,136 was entered, and she was ordered to forfeit her Smyrna residence and money from her bank account.
Kayricka Wortham was previously sentenced to 16 years in prison in June 2023. She received an additional year in March 2026 after pleading guilty to forging a federal judge's signature. Wortham was also ordered to pay $9,469,731 in restitution and forfeited over $3 million, the Smyrna home, and vehicles involved in the scheme.