{"id":84339,"date":"2026-02-01T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84339"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:17:02","slug":"mcdonalds-worker-arrested-over-alleged-double-charging-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/01\/mcdonalds-worker-arrested-over-alleged-double-charging-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s worker arrested over alleged double-charging scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1UCd36.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"According to investigators, Blount allegedly processed legitimate customer payments at McDonald\u2019s and then used a personal device to \u2018tap\u2019 the customers\u2019 cards again, fraudulently charging an additional $10\u2013$20 per transaction (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u2018We are McGood at investigating McCrime\u2019: Sheriff\u2019s joke-filled statement after McDonald\u2019s shooting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/mcdonalds-drive-thru-shooting-florida-b2848351.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">A McDonald\u2019s worker has been arrested in Texas<\/a>\u00a0over a scam in which he allegedly used a special device to double-charge customers using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/credit-cards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">credit cards<\/a> at the restaurant. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/mcdonald-s-worker-arrested-over-alleged-double-charging-scam\/ar-AA1UChK2?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=697eed6ac3a646d28a52616944a5292d&amp;cvpid=697f00e968764e868d815118a0039847&amp;ei=62\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A McDonald\u2019s worker has been arrested in Texas\u00a0over a scam in which he allegedly used a special device to double-charge customers using\u00a0credit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Giovanni-Primo-Blount.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84341,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84339\/revisions\/84341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}