Gas Stations Praised by Trump Sold Fuel That Was Never Paid For
By: AlterNet America and Corinne Straight
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As it turns out, the secret to cheap gas is not paying for it.
Freedom Fuel Network, a chain of gas stations mostly in the Philadelphia area, made national headlines in early July when it started selling gasoline at roughly 50 cents below market prices. Trump celebrated the chain on Truth Social, writing that the retailer was “taking the lead” out of its love of America, and that “others should follow.”
A federal lawsuit filed on August 19 by Georgia-based fuel supplier Mansfield Oil Company offers a simpler answer. The company alleges that a New Jersey businessman named Syed Kazmi of KRSM Inc. took more than 1.1 million gallons of fuel from a Sunoco terminal in Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania between late May and early July and never paid for it.
The haul was reportedly worth nearly $4 million, some of which was sold through Freedom Fuel stations. The lawsuit does not name Freedom Fuel or its stations as defendants, but public records show that Kazmi’s brother, Shamikh, is the facility operator for several of the Freedom Fuel stations.
A federal judge overseeing the case has ordered Kazmi and KRSM to maintain at least $2.75 million in a bank account. So far that is the only payment anyone in this story has been asked to make.
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He didn't pay for the gasoline but was still charging 50 cents below market price. Greedy little pig!
I hope he ends up having to pay all the money back AND spend time in prison
they were probably the convenient patsies in a trump scam ...
Like Donald Trump, this company thinks freedom means it’s ok to not pay you what it owes you.
the freedom to stiff your creditors ...
Wow, trump lied....how shocking. /s
Yes, you can undercut your competition if you do not paying suppliers!
I wonder if trump selected these guys because they had middle eastern names. that would be very convenient for the maga xenophobes when trump throws them under the bus. I'm sure all will be revealed when the retaliatory articles begin to appear defending their savior ...
Hell, I can write one now!
Just a few words, easy enough for a 4th grader.
"He didn't know! They duped him. Damn Islamists!"
... those terrorists took our oil and gas! oh wait, that's what the venezuelans are saying ...