Chick-fil-A Bilked for $80,000 in Fake Mac-and-Cheese Refunds, Police Say
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- A former Chick-fil-A employee in Grapevine, Texas, Keyshun Jones, 23, was arrested for processing fraudulent refunds totaling $80,000 by charging phony mac-and-cheese orders to his personal credit cards after being fired.
- The scam involved 800 trays of mac-and-cheese, a popular catering menu item at Chick-fil-A, and was carried out on the night of November 28, 2025, Black Friday, using an unattended touchscreen register.
- Jones evaded law enforcement multiple times before being captured on April 17 with the help of a Texas attorney general's fugitive task force and the Fort Worth Police Department.
- He faces charges including property theft, money laundering, and evading arrest, and remains in custody in Tarrant County; his lawyer has declined to comment on the case.
