BIRMINGHAM — A Center Point man and a Moody man was sentenced to prison on Thursday, January 20, for conspiracy to defraud Chick-fil-A.

According to the United States Department of Justice, Larry James Black, Jr., 37, of Center Point, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in September 2021. Additionally, Joshua Daniel Powell, 40, of Moody, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in June 2021.

“During the time period charged in the indictment, Black and Powell were both directors at the Chick-fil-A location in the Five Points South neighborhood of Birmingham,” Public Affairs Officer Stacy Crane said.

According to the plea agreement, between April 2018 and January 2018, Black and Powell devised and implemented a scheme to divert $492,000 in customer payments away from Chick-fil-A Five Points and direct them instead to bank accounts under their control. Black and Powell used these accounts to receive customer credit card payments intended for Chick-fil-A Five Points. Many of these payments were for catering orders from large customers.

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Center Point man and Moody man sentenced for scheme to steal Chick-fil-A funds