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Former Chick-fil-A employee charged in $80,000 mac-and-cheese scheme
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- They say he then refunded the cost of the order – $80,000 (£58,800) – to his personal credit cards.
- Police tried to arrest him multiple times before succeeding on 17 April, the department said in a social media statement.
- US media named the suspect as 23-year-old Keyshun Jones.
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Harry Sekulich Grapevine Police Department/ Facebook Police allege the employee fleeced Chick fil-A $800,000 worth of mac and cheese Texas police have charged a former Chick-fil-A employee for allegedly defrauding the fast food company of the cost of 800 trays of mac-and-cheese.
The Grapevine Police Department alleges that the employee had been fired a month earlier, but returned to a branch of the fast food chain and made his way behind the counter, where he rang up the catering-sized portions of the rich pasta dish.
They say he then refunded the cost of the order – $80,000 (£58,800) – to his personal credit cards.
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