Former Chick-fil-A worker charged in $80K mac and cheese refund scheme - BERITAJA

A erstwhile Chick-fil-A worker successful Texas has been accused of stealing much than US$80,000 from the accelerated nutrient institution successful a mac and food scheme, according to Texas police.

The Grapevine Police Department alleges that an employee, who had been fired a period earlier the alleged fraud, returned to the location and went down the antagonistic to ringing up 800 orders of the catering-sized mac and food earlier refunding them to his individual in installments card.

“In November 2025, our detectives began investigating a theft reported by the proprietor of a section Chick-Fil-A,” the Grapevine Police Department said successful a station connected Facebook.

“Surveillance footage shows a erstwhile employee, who was fto spell a period prior, unattended down the counter,” constabulary said. “He could beryllium seen utilizing the registry wherever he rang up 800 orders of mac and food trays, past refunded them to his individual in installments cards, resulting successful a full of conscionable complete $80k.”

Police said that the fishy evaded apprehension aft aggregate attempts and was yet arrested connected April 17, 2026. The erstwhile worker was charged pinch spot theft, money laundering and evading arrest.

BERITAJA has reached retired to the Grapevine Police Department for further comment, but has not received a response.

It was not clear what led to the erstwhile employee’s termination earlier the alleged fraud took place.

The worker who allegedly defrauded the Chick-fil-A location has been identified arsenic 23-year-old Keyshun Jones, according to the New York Times. Inmate records from Tarrant County show that he is currently successful custody astatine Green Bay prison successful Fort Worth, Texas and has a $110,000 enslaved for the charges related to the alleged mac and food scheme.

The Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department assisted pinch the arrest.

A Chick-fil-A spokesperson told BERITAJA that the edifice is co-operating pinch section authorities arsenic they analyse connected Friday but declined to remark further arsenic the investigation is active.

The spokesperson besides said that the individual has not worked astatine the location wherever the alleged fraud took spot since 2025.

Chick-fil-A made headlines past period aft constabulary responded to a shooting astatine a edifice successful Union Township, N.J.

Police said 1 personification was changeable and killed and six others were injured successful what they called a wide shooting astatine the Chick-fil-A location.

Investigators do not judge the onslaught astatine about 9 p.m. connected April 11 was random, according to a property merchandise issued from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

In the April 12 release, the agency said nary arrests had been made and that location was “no contiguous ongoing threat to the wide public.”

“Our hearts spell retired to the victim’s loved ones, and we are hoping for the afloat betterment of those who were injured,” New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said successful a connection aft the shooting.

— pinch files from The Associated Press