A Walmart delivery driver in Port St. Lucie, Florida, faces charges after allegedly defrauding the company. Jeremiah Boyer, who’s 43, reportedly took advantage of Walmart’s Spark delivery service to collect extra fees for “heavy” items he never actually carried.

Drivers typically earn additional income when they handle such items, but police say Boyer used invented names and multiple accounts – some linked to friends or acquaintances – to trick the system.

Since April 4, 2024, the driver supposedly completed 874 Walmart orders that included items flagged “heavy,” collecting more than $52,800 in fees without ever fulfilling the deliveries.

In one case, Boyer marked 60 cases of bottled water as “not found” for a delivery in Port St. Lucie, but still pocketed a $47 delivery fee.

Walmart’s Global Investigations team noticed something seemed strange about the driver’s transaction record and tracked the discrepancies, eventually catching him, CBS12 said.

On February 18, Florida police arrested Boyer, who claimed he didn’t think he’d committed a crime. He now faces charges for organizing a scheme to defraud, which can carry serious penalties.

If convicted, Boyer could spend time in prison and face, er, “heavy” fines. 

Florida law treats organized fraud as a felony, especially when it involves large amounts of money.

Of course, delivery fraud exists beyond Walmart. In 2024, four UPS employees in Mesa, Arizona, allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of packages over the course of a year. The employees reportedly intercepted packages, preventing them from reaching their rightful owners. They faced felony theft and fraud charges.

Similarly, last November, home footage caught an Amazon delivery driver in Massachusetts leaving packages, only to return later and steal them. After the theft was caught on video, police arrested the driver and assigned criminal charges.