Former Home Depot associate sentenced to federal prison for stealing more than $4 million from company

ATLANTA - Felecia Ingram has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing over $4 million in gift cards from The Home Depot.

"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."

"Exploiting her position for personal gain, this criminal thought she could use her knowledge of her employer's business practices to conceal a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme," said Robert Donovan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Atlanta Field Office. "Thanks to the tireless work of our agents, cooperation from the Home Depot, and the skill of the prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney's Office, she will spend the next three years in prison paying for her crimes."

According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: Starting in 2008, Felecia Ingram was a gift card sales associate for The Home Depot. From March 2020 through July 2021, when fewer employers were working onsite due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she used her facility access credentials to steal over 8,000 physical gift cards from The Home Depot Store Support Center.

After stealing the cards, Ingram used her network access credentials to activate the stolen gift cards by creating false orders for them. The false orders made it appear that the cards were sent to corporate events and used for legitimate business purposes. Ingram later deleted the false orders in the system to conceal her thefts. She then made millions by selling the stolen gift cards on the black market. Ingram used the money primarily to fund an extravagant gambling lifestyle.

The Home Depot uncovered the fraud after its gift card team identified a discrepancy in the gift card ledger balances. The investigation determined that, in less than a year and a half, Ingram had stolen approximately 8,325 cards with a total value of $4,085,043.

Felecia Ingram, 53, of Covington, Georgia, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. to three years, one month in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Ingram was also ordered to pay restitution to The Home Depot in the amount of $3,946,776. Ingram was convicted of access device fraud on May 1, 2025, after she pleaded guilty.

This case was investigated by the United States Secret Service. The Home Depot provided valuable assistance and cooperation during the criminal investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen H. McClain prosecuted the case.

For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney's Public Affairs Office at [email protected] or (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.