Year in prison for former MSP Chick-fil-A manager who stole $144,000 and spent some on OnlyFans

The former manager of a Chick-fil-A in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing more than $140,000 from the franchise and a sister restaurant, money he later spent on a sex-oriented website and online sports betting.

Timothy Michael Hill Jr., 37, of Brooklyn Park, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul after pleading guilty to wire fraud for embezzling $144,819 from Chick-fil-A and another restaurant, Settebello, in September and October 2022.

Hill’s sentence includes two years of post-release court supervision and an order to repay the stolen money.

Hill’s defense argued that he should have been spared jail and placed on probation. Hill’s crime cost him a planned wedding to the mother of his two small children, the defense motion said.

“I cannot express the regret I feel for taking money from my employer,” reads a passage from Hill in the file. “I allowed myself to believe that I was just borrowing the money and that I would pay it back, but that never happened.”

The prosecutor acknowledged Hill’s remorse and nodded to his otherwise law-abiding life, but pointed out that he “continued his fraudulent scheme for over a year and only stopped because he was caught,” according to a court filing.

Hill acknowledged in his plea agreement that he regularly pocketed some or all of the company’s daily cash receipts instead of putting them in a safe. He attempted to conceal his actions by using cash received at a later date to cover past thefts, “creating the false impression that the deposits were delayed rather than stolen,” according to the plea agreement. Hill regularly sent emails to Chick-fil-A’s accounting staff in Illinois indicating that he was late depositing cash from previous dates.

According to Hill’s indictment in February, he spent the money on online sports betting, jewelry and OnlyFans, a subscription-based website known for sexually explicit content featuring famous artists. Hill also sent tens of thousands of dollars to several people, including several female airport employees, in exchange for explicit photos and videos.