A HOME Depot return scam racked up a staggering total after investigators said one shopper used fake IDs to game the store’s policy for years.
The scheme allegedly turned bogus merchandise returns into a flood of store credit that was later spent on items resold online.
In Medina Township, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, prosecutors said Tracy A. James carried out more than 1,700 fraudulent returns at Home Depot stores in Ohio and Kentucky.
Authorities said she used counterfeit driver’s licenses and different aliases to make the returns…