{"id":246647,"date":"2026-04-25T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:47:08","slug":"florida-home-depot-manager-arrested-for-allegedly-dishing-out-4m-in-unauthorized-discounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246647\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Home Depot manager arrested for allegedly dishing out $4M in &#8216;unauthorized&#8217; discounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida Home Depot manager was arrested on felony charges after allegedly dishing out $4.3 million in \u201cunauthorized\u201d discounts to repeat clients to boost his sales and get higher bonuses, according to an affidavit. <\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Jimenez, 48, was arrested on April 21 and charged with organized fraud and first-degree grand theft for allegedly slashing the price of at least 4,500 transactions \u2014 totaling to $55 million \u2014 across various stores from Dec. 2023 to April 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Hialeah man\u2019s \u201cdeliberate\u201d and \u201csystemic\u201d tactics meant his sales were through the roof \u2014 and so were his bonuses, according to the affidavit, which did not provide a number. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39197952\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/people-com-home-depot-store-126384638.jpg\" alt=\"His mugshot.\" class=\"wp-image-39197952\"  \/>Mauricio Jimenez, 48, is facing felony charges stemming from the alleged years-long scheme.  MDPD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose discounts cost the company over $4 million, and by increasing his sales using those discounts, he was compensated with larger bonuses,\u201d Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer said at this April 22 court hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade-home-depot-manager-arrested-in-multi-million-markdown-fraud-deputies-say\/3799367\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBC Miami reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Home Depot launched a probe into Jimenez after its Assurance &amp; Advisory Management Program noticed  \u00a0a \u201chigh quality, high value, high markdown order\u201d during a visit to a store in Hialeah Gardens, where he worked at the time, according to the arrest document. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39197953\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/people-shopping-home-depot-south-126384724.jpg\" alt=\"A Home Depot. \" class=\"wp-image-39197953\"  \/>He allegedly dished out the discounts across various stores.  Sundry Photography \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Leadership then allegedly noticed that this appeared to be a pattern with Jimenez\u2019s sales. <\/p>\n<p>He reportedly abused his access to internal systems and adjusted prices on bulk orders from repeated, \u201ccore clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez\u2019s lawyer, Melissa Ramos, said he was not receiving any kickbacks or benefits from the alleged hustle.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez was released on $15,000 bond, but was ordered to stay away from Home Depot.<\/p>\n<p>Home Depot and Ramos did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida Home Depot manager was arrested on felony charges after allegedly dishing out $4.3 million in \u201cunauthorized\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19164,28,30,29,1387,34600,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-246647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-discounts","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-fraud","13":"tag-home-depot","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}