A Florida man who was fired from Disney this summer faces federal felony charges of allegedly hacking into the company’s computer system and rewriting menu items for restaurants that could be deadly to potential customers.
Michael Scheuer was fired on June 13, 2024, for allegedly removing peanut allergy information from menus, changing fonts and adding profanities, Fox 35 in Orlando reported.
Disney says the firing was “contentious…and not considered to be amicable” while Scheuer says he did nothing wrong and that the company framed him.
Scheuer was a menu production manager for Disney who was fired for “misconduct,” according to the filed complaint, which further stated he was responsible for the creation and distribution of all restaurant menus for the company. His alleged changes did not make it to either print or digital menus, according to the report.
The alleged menu changes by Scheuer — who was called a “threat actor” — threatened public health and safety, the complaint read.
“Namely, the threat actor manipulated the allergen information on menus by adding information to some allergen notifications that indicated certain menu items were safe for individuals with peanut allergies, when in fact they could be deadly to those with peanut allergies,” the complaint stated.