Woman admitted to making more than 1,700 fraudulent Home Depot returns, prosecutors say

MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ohio. (WOIO/Gray News) - A woman in Ohio made more than 1,700 fraudulent returns at Home Depot locations in multiple states.

Medina County prosecutors said Tracy A. James used counterfeit driver’s licenses and aliases to obtain store credit through fraudulent merchandise returns over several years at numerous Home Depot locations.

Some locations included: Brunswick Medina Miamisburg Milford Wadsworth several Kentucky locations

Investigators said James’s scheme totaled $266,699 in fraudulent store credit she then used to buy merchandise she later resold online.

The Medina County Prosecutor’s Office indicted James on one count of telecommunications fraud, a second-degree felony. She pleaded guilty on Feb. 27.

James was sentenced to five years of community control supervision, 180 days in jail, and 100 hours of community service, and was ordered to pay Home Depot $266,699 in restitution.