Employee ‘accidentally’ orders nearly $140,000 worth of personal items to his company’s Amazon account

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(THE BLAZE) – A man in Arizona was arrested after he was accused of charging nearly $140,000 worth of personal stuff to his company's Amazon account, in addition to other crimes.

Back in August, police were called to investigate whether Darius O’Neal Hickson of Florence, Arizona, used the Amazon corporate account owned by his employer, West Pharmaceuticals, to purchase hundreds of items totaling $137,000.

Between August 2020 and August 2021, O'Neal Hickson reportedly bought a variety of items — such as video games, consoles, clothing, and BB guns — and directed all of them to be delivered to the West Pharmaceuticals facility in Scottsdale where he worked. Though West Pharmaceuticals does regularly monitor employee purchases to its Amazon account, it flags only those worth more than $250, and all of O'Neal Hickson's purchases reportedly fell below that threshold.

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