A Georgia woman was found guilty of a sprawling fraud that siphoned nearly $10 million from Amazon through fake vendors and invoices, with proceeds spent on luxury cars and a high-end home, and the case included forged court documents and a federal forgery charge.
Brittany Hudson was convicted on all 30 counts in a federal indictment that accused her of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar theft from Amazon, laundering the proceeds, lying to a franchising company while on pretrial release, and forging the signature of former Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on false court paperwork. The scheme unfolded through a company she owned, Legend Express LLC, which was contracted to deliver Amazon packages. Jurors returned guilty verdicts after hearing evidence that tied Hudson directly to the fraudulent vendor network.
The scheme involved Hudson and an operations manager at an Amazon warehouse in Smyrna, Georgia, identified as Kayricka Wortham. Wortham had authority to approve new vendors and payments, and she allegedly provided fake vendor details to subordinates so the accounts could be created. Once the phony vendors were active, fraudulent invoices were submitted and approved, triggering transfers out of Amazon’s accounts.
According to court filings, the conspiracy ran from about January 2022 to June 2022 and resulted in approximately $9.4 million being moved into accounts controlled by Hudson, Wortham, and others. The conspirators then converted a substantial portion of those funds into expensive purchases. Authorities say the money financed a nearly $1 million home in Smyrna and several luxury vehicles, including a 2019 Lamborghini Urus and a 2022 Tesla Model X.
“Hudson and her literal partner in crime brazenly stole nearly $10 million from Amazon through a fraud scheme involving fake vendors and invoices,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “A federal jury put an end to Hudson’s insatiable greed by returning a guilty verdict on 30 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery.” That quote was presented to the jury and remains part of the public record in the case.
“The level of greed on the part of the perpetrators in this case was staggering,” said Special Agent in Charge Robert Donovan of the U.S. Secret Service Atlanta Field Office. “Leveraging personal relationships, she stole millions from Amazon and was so confident she wouldn’t be caught, she even forged the signature of a federal judge with the intent of defrauding a second company. Thanks to the diligent work of our agents and the prosecution team at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, her days of defrauding others have come to an end.”
Prosecutors say Hudson and Wortham took more steps to conceal the fraud after charges surfaced. In September 2022 the two were charged in federal court, and in January 2023 while on bond they allegedly lied to a potential business partner by claiming their Amazon-related criminal case had been dismissed. To back that claim they emailed fabricated court documents and doctored financial records, including documents that bore a forged signature of Judge Batten.
The jury returned convictions on March 13, 2026, finding Hudson guilty of counts that included conspiracy to commit wire fraud, multiple counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, several money laundering counts, and the forgery charge involving a federal judge’s signature. The verdict also determined that funds and property seized from Hudson were forfeitable as proceeds of the fraud. That ruling triggered forfeiture of assets and paved the way for sentencing to address restitution and prison time.
Co-defendant Wortham has already been sentenced. On June 27, 2023, Wortham, 34, of Atlanta, received a 16-year prison term followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $9,469,731.45 in restitution to Amazon. Authorities reported more than $3 million in fraudulent proceeds seized from bank accounts and the Smyrna residence, and several vehicles bought with illicit funds were forfeited. Wortham previously pleaded guilty to the Amazon fraud charge on November 30, 2022, and entered a separate guilty plea to forgery on October 6, 2025.
Brittany Hudson, 40, of Atlanta, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 16, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Michael L. Brown. The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stephen H. McClain and Angela Adams. The convictions mark the culmination of a federal effort to recover stolen funds and hold those responsible to account.
