GRAPEVINE, TX - A 23-year-old man from Texas is accused of pulling off a return fraud scheme, allegedly netting $80,000 after being fired from a Chick-fil-A in Grapevine, where the accused is accused of fraudulently processing refunds for mac n’ cheese orders.
When alleged crimes veer on the absurd, there tends to be no shortage of media outlets poking fun at purported circumstances of the offense, such as in the case of 23-year-old Keyshun Jones, who allegedly carried out a return fraud scheme that has spawned numerous puns. NBC News has called the case an act of “criminal activity,” whereas Fortune noted in its reporting that Jones “went back for seconds” after being fired from Chick-fil-A last October.
According to authorities, an investigation into suspected return fraud at the Chick-fil-A location started back in November 2025 after Jones was terminated approximately a month earlier. Surveillance video from behind the counter allegedly showed Jones, after he was fired, processing approximately 800 refunds for mac n’ cheese trays, which totaled up to the approximate $80,000 delivered to his personal credit cards.
While sufficient evidence was in hand to place Jones under arrest last year, authorities say he managed to evade capture on numerous occasions until the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force, alongside the Fort Worth Police Department, took the suspect into custody on April 17.
According to Tarrant County Jail records, Jones has since been charged with theft of property greater than $30K, money laundering greater than $30K, evading arrest with a vehicle, and fraud. Bonds for the theft and money laundering charges were set at $50,000, while the two lesser charges of evading arrest and fraud were set at $5,000 each.
Jones also reportedly has three additional holds from three different counties, two of which are from Denton and Collin counties in Texas, for theft, and one from Canadian County, Oklahoma, with the hold listed solely as “fugitive.”
When alleged crimes veer on the absurd, there tends to be no shortage of media outlets poking fun at purported circumstances of the offense, such as in the case of 23-year-old Keyshun Jones, who allegedly carried out a return fraud scheme that has spawned numerous puns. NBC News has called the case an act of “criminal activity,” whereas Fortune noted in its reporting that Jones “went back for seconds” after being fired from Chick-fil-A last October.
According to authorities, an investigation into suspected return fraud at the Chick-fil-A location started back in November 2025 after Jones was terminated approximately a month earlier. Surveillance video from behind the counter allegedly showed Jones, after he was fired, processing approximately 800 refunds for mac n’ cheese trays, which totaled up to the approximate $80,000 delivered to his personal credit cards.
While sufficient evidence was in hand to place Jones under arrest last year, authorities say he managed to evade capture on numerous occasions until the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force, alongside the Fort Worth Police Department, took the suspect into custody on April 17.
According to Tarrant County Jail records, Jones has since been charged with theft of property greater than $30K, money laundering greater than $30K, evading arrest with a vehicle, and fraud. Bonds for the theft and money laundering charges were set at $50,000, while the two lesser charges of evading arrest and fraud were set at $5,000 each.
Jones also reportedly has three additional holds from three different counties, two of which are from Denton and Collin counties in Texas, for theft, and one from Canadian County, Oklahoma, with the hold listed solely as “fugitive.”
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