A former Chick-fil-A employee in Texas is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say he pulled off an $80,000 fraud scheme centered around an unlikely menu item: macaroni and cheese.
According to Fox 4 News, Keyshun Jones was arrested on April 17, 2026, following a months-long investigation into suspicious transactions at a Chick-fil-A location in Grapevine, which is in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area near the airport. Police allege Jones, who had been fired about a month earlier, returned to the restaurant without authorization and used the register to process hundreds of fraudulent orders.
Surveillance footage reportedly shows him ringing up roughly 800 large Mac & Cheese tray purchases and then issuing refunds directly to his personal credit cards. Authorities say the transactions added up to just over $80,000.
Chick-fil-A’s Mac & Cheese has become one of the chain’s most popular side items since its nationwide rollout in 2019, making it a high-volume product that could blend into normal operations. That familiarity, investigators suggest, may have helped the alleged scheme avoid immediate detection.
Police said the investigation began in November 2025 after a store owner flagged unusual financial activity. Detectives reviewing internal systems and surveillance footage identified Jones as the suspect. “The footage shows the individual behind the counter without authorization,” authorities noted, adding that the transactions were processed and refunded in rapid succession.
Jones was not immediately taken into custody. Authorities say he avoided arrest during several attempts to locate him before being apprehended with assistance from the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department.
He now faces charges including property theft, money laundering, and evading arrest. Under Texas law, money laundering involves knowingly handling proceeds from criminal activity—whether by moving, concealing, or spending those funds—to make them appear legitimate.
Given the alleged amount in this case, the charge could fall within a third-degree felony range, which applies to sums between $30,000 and $150,000.
