Denver Woman Sentenced To One Year And One Day For Stealing Nearly $500k From Her Employer

DENVER - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Tiffany Vo, age 37, of Denver, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, three years of supervised release, and restitution in the amount of $483,393.58 after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud for a scheme to defraud her employer, Amazon.

According to the plea agreement, between approximately the summer of 2020 through at least June of 2022, Vo worked for Amazon in a role in which she administered virtual employee programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Vo devised and participated in a scheme to fabricate invoices and expense reports to claim reimbursement for approximately $483,393.58 in purported corporate event expenditures that did not occur. Vo spent the stolen funds on a variety of personal expenses including designer handbags and sunglasses, payments toward her condo, two vehicles, exercise equipment, and thousands of dollars of beauty products.

"White collar crimes like this one cause financial impact to not just corporate entities, but to consumers and taxpayers," said Acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Matt Kirsch. "This office will continue to prosecute criminals who exploit access for personal gain."

"Instead of working for her employer, this defendant was furtively working against her employer. Over the course of her deception, she stole nearly $500,000 and used the money to live exorbitantly beyond her means," said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek. "Members of the FBI Denver complex financial crimes squad were able to unravel the defendant's embezzlement scheme, and now she faces the justice she earned."

Judge S. Kato Crews presided over the sentencing. The FBI Denver Field Office conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca Weber handled the prosecution.

Case Number: 1:24-cr-00102-SKC