HARTFORD, Conn — Two Bridgeport men were sentenced to prison this week for defrauding Amazon out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Rajhni Yankana, 28, and Kenoy Stewart, 27, both from Bridgeport, are two of three men who defrauded Amazon of close to $2 million.
Prosecutors said the men created multiple vendor accounts with Amazon, allowing them to sell merchandise through the website on a third-party basis. They often opened the accounts using false names, email addresses, and other identifying information.
After setting up the accounts, they told Amazon they were shipping valuable merchandise to be held for sale by the company. In reality, they would not send the merchandise and would later falsely claim it had been lost, supporting false claims with fabricated documents.
Amazon sent the men refunds for the supposedly lost merchandise.
Authorities said Yankana defrauded Amazon of $210,836.97. He was ordered to pay full restitution.
Stewart defrauded Amazon of $1,063.762.82, according to officials.
Yankana was sentenced to five months in prison, followed by five months of home detention and three years of supervised release, for defrauding Amazon. Stewart was sentenced to nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
On September 5, Oshane Stewart, Kenoy's brother, who defrauded Amazon of approximately $742,000, was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment.
Doug Stewart is a Senior Digital Content Producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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