Posted on 03/09/2024 3:54:38 PM PST by Libloather
A Nebraska woman has been arrested after allegedly using a sneaky trick to pump more than 7,400 gallons of gas for free over six months.
Dawn Thompson, 45, allegedly used a rewards card 510 times between November 2022 and June 2023, pumping 7,413.59 gallons of gas worth $27,860.27, according to the affidavit.
She allegedly exploited a pump glitch that allowed her to swipe a rewards card twice, switching the pump from regular mode to demo mode. From there, she pumped gas for free.
Staff at Pump & Pantry in Lincoln, Nebraska, first reported someone involved in 'some sort of fuel scam' back in June last year, according to KOLN.
During the investigation, it was revealed that the fuel pumps received a software update in November 2022, which caused the glitch.
Lincoln Police got a call from a loss prevention manager at Bosselman Enterprise in October last year, saying someone had been participating in a fuel scam.
The manager discovered the system update had allowed people to enter the pump into a demo mode and pump free gas.
One card had been consistently used to pump gas for free, and surveillance footage also captures the woman refueling her vehicle multiple times.
Authorities later identified 45-year-old Thompson by tracing the card's information.
Between November 13, 2022, and June 1, 2023, Thompson's rewards card was allegedly used 510 times, including multiple swipes on the same day.
Investigators also talked to a second person who allegedly used the card last year. The unidentified woman claimed she paid Thompson for using the card to get 'discounted fuel.'
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Back around ‘71 when I was stationed in Panama during the Army, they installed a beer vending machine downstairs in our barracks. As small as I was, I could put my arm up the dispenser chute and pull them out whenever I wanted one...I only did it a couple times because I wasn’t really a beer drinker...LOL!
I’ve never seen a beer vending machine. How cool!
If your system and software features a reward mode then that’s on the company not me. It’s wrong morally but is it illegal to use their system as designed ?
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