Ambitious Atlanta Teen Scams Kroger Over Nearly $ 1 Million

Very few of us earn the huge sums of money we think we deserve, but most teens – unless they’re among the lucky few whose YouTube channels are really taking off – are even worse off. All of these well-paying jobs are awarded to people with university degrees and MBA degrees. If you are underage, under-educated, and under-experienced, the best you can hope for is a decent hourly wage and the patience to move forward.

Tre Brown, a 19-year-old from Gwinnett County, Ga., Just outside of Atlanta, was unhappy with his salary at the local Kroger, where he worked in the fuel center, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. But he saw an opportunity and seized it: While the employee responsible for reporting fraudulent transactions went on vacation for two weeks, Brown created returns for more than 40 non-existent orders, ranging from $ 75 to over $ 87,000, and put money on multiple credit cards. The total amount was over $ 980,000.

When a flight is this ambitious, people are bound to notice it, and probably as soon as possible. What a business Kroger did. The costumes contacted Gwinnett’s police, who took Brown into custody on January 14. Prior to that, however, Brown had shopped and bought new clothes, guns and two cars, including one (a Chevy Camaro) that he destroyed just before his arrest.

Brown was released from Gwinnett Prison on $ 11,200 bail the same day he was arrested. Soon after, the AJC reports, “a large sum of money” had been returned, but the store was no longer responding to questions from the newspaper.