A former Home Depot associate has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after officials say she stole more than $4 million in gift cards from the company.
According to prosecutors, Felecia Ingram, 53, stole over 8,000 physical gift cards from The Home Depot Store Support Center during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the investigators, Ingram began working for the Atlanta-based company as a gift card associate in 2008. When the pandemic began in 2020, officials claim she took advantage of the fact that fewer personnel were working onsite to steal the cards over the course of more than a year.
Ingram allegedly used her access to the company’s network to activate the cards by creating false orders that made them appear to have been issued to corporate events. She subsequently sold the cards on the illicit market, using the proceeds to support what prosecutors described as an “extravagant gambling lifestyle.”
The fraud was detected when the Home Depot staff noticed a difference in their gift card ledger. Officials said the corporation learned that Ingram took around 8,325 gift cards worth more than $4 million over a year and a half.
In 2025, Ingram pleaded guilty to fraud involving access devices. A federal judge sentenced her last week to three years and one month in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
The former Home Depot employee was also forced to pay the corporation nearly $3.9 million in reparations.
“While employed at The Home Depot, the defendant abused the trust placed in her and stole a staggering $4 million from the company,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “She engaged in a calculated scheme that involved entering false gift card orders, which she later deleted to cover her tracks. She has now been sentenced to federal prison to pay for her deceit.”
