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Florida Men Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Fuel Pumps and Lowering Cost of Gas to Pennies
Complex ^ | 03/22/2022 | Tara C. Mahadevan

Posted on 03/24/2022 5:01:14 PM PDT by simpson96

People are finding more and more ways to steal gas as prices continue to skyrocket.

WFLA reports that four Florida men were arrested this week for installing a tool—or “pulsators”—on gas pumps that cuts the prices of fuel. The alleged thefts took place earlier this month at a Circle K in Lutz, where state officials apprehended Marlon Rosel-Rodriguez and Yordan Diaz Benitez, and a Circle K in Lakeland, where Yulier Garcia-Martinez and Rogelio Llarena were arrested.

Ned Bowman, the president of the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, explained how the devices work. “They go in and they change the pulsator. The pulsator is the device that is inside the gas pump that regulates the flow of the fuel,” he said. “So they’re able to change the price of the fuel down to a nickel or a penny to the gallon and fill the back of their trucks up—their bladders or spare tanks—with fuel that’s basically free.”

According to officials, Garcia-Martinez also had a remote device to use for the pulsators. Rosel-Rodriguez was apprehended while trying to install the device on a pump.

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News of the pulsators follow stories from last week, where reports from across the country revealed that people have been drilling holes in car gas tanks to directly steal fuel. Another report emerged that thieves in Texas allegedly used a “trap door” and siphoned over 1,000 gallons of diesel.

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1 posted on 03/24/2022 5:01:14 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Floridah man using his powers for GOOD!


2 posted on 03/24/2022 5:03:14 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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That’s terrible …anyways how did he do it?


3 posted on 03/24/2022 5:08:52 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: simpson96

Marlon Rosel-Rodreguez
Jordan Diaz Benitez
Yulier Garcia-Martinez
Rogelio Llarena


4 posted on 03/24/2022 5:09:02 PM PDT by A strike ("Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.")
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To: Fido969

Stealing isn’t good. The gas owner paid for that fuel.


5 posted on 03/24/2022 5:09:17 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
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To: simpson96

I read the headline and clicked to display the thread, but I inadvertently clicked on your name. Immediately saw the pic of President Trump on your home page and thought, “Yeah, he did help the price of gas to go down!” Then realized I was not on the thread, but I thought it was apropos,anyway.


6 posted on 03/24/2022 5:11:44 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: A strike

Illegal Aliens?


7 posted on 03/24/2022 5:13:24 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: BipolarBob

I used to have a couple small stations. There’s not much profit in fuel sales and with chargebacks, credit card fees, maintenance, drive offs, and various other things, gas could be a large lost leader especially when theft occurs. It’s already a cash flow nightmare with constant fluctuations in pricing. I would not want to be in the business now.


8 posted on 03/24/2022 5:13:39 PM PDT by commonguymd
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To: A strike

‘Yordan’ Diaz Benitez


9 posted on 03/24/2022 5:28:33 PM PDT by A strike ("Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.")
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Gasoline prices by year from back in the day forward

https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-741-august-20-2012-historical-gasoline-prices-1929-2011


10 posted on 03/24/2022 5:30:46 PM PDT by deport
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To: EvilCapitalist

Careful there or you’ll be tagged as a xenophobic nationalist who thinks that UnitedStates citizens own the UnitedStates.


11 posted on 03/24/2022 5:37:40 PM PDT by A strike ("Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.")
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To: A strike

Oh well.


12 posted on 03/24/2022 5:45:46 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: simpson96

Meanwhile the sjw’s only know how to be offended and cry.


13 posted on 03/24/2022 6:09:56 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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Cool! I wonder if he does requests... The only gas station within 25 miles of me has their pumps rigged to register 18-20% more than they actually deliver. That REALLY hurts given the price of fuel these days.

I’ve reported them to the State Bureau of Weights and Measures, several times, but they ignore my reports. I assume they are paid off like most of the politicians and bureaucrats in this state.


14 posted on 03/24/2022 6:54:03 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: LegendHasIt

Sounds like fertile ground for a class action tort attorney.


15 posted on 03/24/2022 6:55:58 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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