Police say a former Chick-fil-A worker used fake mac-and-cheese orders in an $80,000 refund scheme

Police in Grapevine, Texas say a former Chick-fil-A employee used the store’s point-of-sale system to create fake food orders and then refund the transactions back to his own card, with mac-and-cheese purchases showing up again and again in the pattern.

According to Fox News, investigators say the scheme involved roughly 800 fake transactions and around $80,000 in losses. The employee was arrested in April after police said they traced the refunds back to his personal payment method.

Beyond the bizarre menu choice, the story is really about internal controls. When refund permissions, register access, and post-employment lockouts are weak, a checkout terminal can turn into a cash-out tool.

Source: Fox News