A former Chick-fil-A worker in Texas is accused of trying to rake in the cheddar by ringing up 800 orders of mac and cheese and then refunding them to his personal credit cards.
Keyshun Jones, 23, allegedly pocketed more than $80,000 in the scheme in November — and it was all caught on surveillance video.
Grapevine police say Jones evaded arrest multiple times before finally being apprehended on April 17 with assistance from the Texas attorney general’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department.
Jones has been charged with property theft, money laundering and evading arrest, police said. He is being held in the Tarrant County jail.
Detectives were alerted about the alleged theft on Nov. 29 by the owner of the franchise, who directed them to CCTV video that showed a man using a cash register to order $80,105 of the comfort food, according to Tarrant County court records.
The franchise owner identified the man as Jones and told police his direct deposit had been set up through the Navy Federal Credit Union before he’d been fired in October, the records show.
There was no indication in the records why Jones had been let go.
