On May 21st, 2026, Jacob Madsen — an 18-year-old Home Depot employee in Logan, Utah — was arrested and charged in Utah's First District Court with theft over 5,000 dollars and unlawful use of technology to defraud, both second-degree felonies that each carry a statutory maximum of up to 15 years. According to Logan City Police, Madsen allegedly ran a receipt-recycling scheme in which he saved cash customers' receipts and later processed other customers' return requests against those old receipts, pocketing the difference and allegedly stashing the cash in his employee locker during his shifts. ––– Disclaimer: This video is a dramatization based on real events. Some visual content was created with artificial intelligence assistance. Some details have been fictionalized and all names have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved.