Amazon warehouse manager pleads guilty to stealing $273K of computer parts

Charlotte, North Carolina, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges after theft and resale of goods from an Amazon warehouse, the Justice Department said in a news release. Between June 2020 and September 2021, Douglas Wright, Jr., an operations manager at Amazon's Charlotte warehouse, allegedly stole more than $273,000 worth of products to obtain computer parts such as internal hard drives and processors. Use your reach. DOJ. Wright told the court Friday that he shipped the products to his home, then sold them to a computer wholesale company in California.

He could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The sentencing date has not been set.

Wright faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The sentencing date has not been set.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is expected to show record quarterly revenue of $137.73 billion (with a B) upon its February 3 earnings release. The company was widely criticized for its treatment of warehouse workers during the pandemic and faced congressional scrutiny after a tornado killed six people at one of its warehouses in December.