Texas Man Arrested In Cheesy, Chick-fil-A Fraud Scam

A Texas man thought he'd "cooked" up the perfect scam but, instead, got busted for stealing $80,000 bucks from the Chick-fil-A restaurant where he worked.

It happened at a Chick-fil-A in Grapevine, near Dallas, when a disgruntled ... that's PC talk for PO'd ex ... former employee slipped back in to the restaurant that had fired him and rang up fake orders.

He then refunded a total of 800 orders of mac 'n cheese to his personal credit card.

Pretty slick, huh? Well, it wasn't ... the restaurant noticed the fake refunds right off, hit record on their security cameras and let him do his thing.

Texas Man Used 800 Orders Of Mac 'n Cheese To Steal $80K

With the security footage in hand, (and a warrant), the cops busted Mayor McCheese ... I know, wrong fast food joint ... and off to the pokey he went. See pics here.

He was finally brought in by the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department.  Jones faces charges of property theft, money laundering and evading arrest.

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He faces up to 10 years in state prison, if convicted — where he’ll also be able to order mac & cheese, according to the menus on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. - nypost.com

The Mac 'n Cheese Thief Got Lucky

I think he did anyway, if they really wanted to rub his face in this one; they could have also charged him with trespassing. Being that the restaurant looks empty and/or closed, they probably could have gone for breaking and entering too.

If they check the exterior cameras, they may be able to tack on jaywalking or failure to signal or something. He just committed a crime so, there could be a speeding ticket here too. Just sayin'.