Kroger Worker Stole $980K From Grocery Store: Police

DULUTH, GA — A 19-year-old from Duluth scammed more than $980,000 from the Kroger store on Steve Reynold Boulevard where he worked. Tre Brown was arrested by detectives after he created false returns between December and January.

Detectives believe Brown was able to create more than 40 returns for non-existent items and put them on several credit cards. The returns ranged in price from $75 to more than $87,000. In total, he was able to credit more than $980,000 to the credit cards during a two-week time period. Corporate employees from Kroger noticed the fraudulent transactions and contacted the police department.

Investigators learned that Brown purchased clothes, guns, shoes and two vehicles with the money. Prior to being arrested, Brown totaled one of the vehicles. A large sum of the money was returned after Brown was arrested. He was charged with theft by taking.