CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Darwin Alberto Corea Calderon, a Honduran national, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in carrying out a refund scheme and conspiracy that defrauded The Home Depot stores in North and South Carolina of nearly half a million dollars.
According to court records, from 2022 to 2025, Corea conspired to conduct an extensive refundscheme against The Home Depot that caused the retailer to issue hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent refunds.
Corea targeted more than a dozen Home Depot stores in the region, including stores in Charlotte, Cornelius, Gastonia, Kannapolis, Matthews, and Statesville, as well as stores in Rock Hill and Spartanburg, South Carolina…