Former Amazon Employee Says Gambling Addiction Led To His Criminal Activities
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A former Amazon employee claimed that a gambling addiction contributed to his criminal activities.
Former Amazon Worker Sentenced to Prison for Fraud
Earlier this month, Terry Kimble, a former Amazon worker, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding an employee reward program.
Amazon employed Kimble as a Regional Fleet Specialist and an Area Manager in Connecticut.
Kimble illegally took advantage of Peak, Amazon’s reward program, through a procurement portal called Coupa. Through Coupa, Area Managers could reward select employees for “superior performance” with Amazon items at no cost.
Kimble placed more than 200 Coupa orders for employees between July 2021 and December 2022. Many of these items were high-end electronic goods, including Apple iPad Pros, Apple AirPods Pros, Apple Watch devices, and Nintendo Switches.
Kimble had these items delivered to his mother’s residence.
Kimble was arrested in August 2024. In June 2025, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He had 14 prior convictions at the time of this arrest and had spent more than 12 years incarcerated.
Kimble has been ordered to pay $167,115.69 in restitution to Amazon. He must report to prison on March 20.
Terry Kimble Says Gambling Addiction Played a Part in His Illegal Activities
In a letter to the judge, Kimble cited his gambling addiction as one of the reasons why he committed fraud.
“Every time I took another item, I always said this will be the last time, and I feel like at the time I truly meant it,” Kimble wrote in his letter. “Problem was every time I gambled and lost everything again, while many times under the influence of alcohol, I would be so down and sometimes felt worthless.”
Kimble said that to fuel his gambling, he would order a few more products to give himself a “reason to keep going.”
Allison Kahl, Kimble’s federal defender, noted that Amazon, a company valued at more than $2.4 trillion, would write off the goods her client gave away. The $167,115.69 from the fraud was “not really a direct loss” for Amazon.
Kahl asked for the judge to sentence her client to probation to receive the appropriate mental and medical health needed to help with his addiction.
Kahl also argued that tragic deaths in Kimble’s personal life harmed his well-being.
Ultimately, the prosecution dismissed the claim that Amazon would be writing off the goods illegally obtained by Kimble.
“The defendant made a choice each time he committed this fraud. Each time he entered an order, often for multiple high-end electronic items, he decided to commit a crime,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Ray Miller wrote in the sentencing memo.
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