June 27, 2022 2:14am EDT
Americans stealing gas, reselling it amid record prices: 'There's no Robin Hood in this'
Thieves are stealing gas and reselling it at discounted prices across the U.S.
By Audrey Conklin | Fox News
Thieves across the United States are stealing gas, either by physically taking gas from pumps and other vehicles or by hacking gas retailers' networks, as fuel prices hit record highs.
While the gas thieves might think they are doing drivers a favor by reselling stolen gas at a discount, experts say gas thieves are not exactly sticking it to the man the way they think they are.
"There is no Robin Hood in this," Jeff Lenard, vice president of strategic industry initiatives at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), told Fox News Digital. "These are thieves. They are not robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. The gas station owner is the least responsible for high prices. The cost of theft gets passed on in higher prices, and when people are driving around with unsecured stolen fuel, it is a concern to anybody."
Terry Kim, Air Force veteran co-founder of NGT Academy, a network engineering and cybersecurity training academy, similarly said, "It's really sad because who's really losing out in these types of situations is the gas station owner."
"You can literally put them completely out of business [into] bankruptcy by doing this kind of stuff. Even though stealing oil might be helping people or getting free gas, this is really a bad thing for these gas station owners," he said.
In Virginia Beach, Virginia earlier this month, police observed "numerous vehicles" using devices to pump gas from a Citgo station that was closed at the time.
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