Lawsuit alleges Freedom Fuel gas stations touted by Trump are selling stolen fuel: Politico
Mansfield says KRSM took more than 1 million gallons of gasoline and routed some to Freedom Fuel stations without paying.
- Georgia-Based Mansfield Oil Co. filed a complaint on August 19 alleging that KRSM, a company run by Syed Kazmi, acquired more than 1 million gallons of fuel worth roughly $4 million from a Sunoco terminal without paying, with some fuel ending up at Freedom Fuel Network's 29 locations.
- Ahead of July 4, Freedom Fuel stations gained national attention when President Donald Trump praised their $3.47-a-gallon pricing, claiming owners were "doing this because they love the U.S.A."
- Detailed by Politico on Friday, the complaint alleges: "KRSM was able to sell such fuel for such low prices and garner such publicity because it never paid Plaintiffs for such fuel."
- The White House insisted there has been "zero contact or dealings" with Kazmi, while KRSM dismissed the dispute as a mix-up over misplaced invoices in an emailed statement.
- Shamikh Kazmi's company previously faced a default judgment in February for "serial flouting of Court orders" regarding roughly $667,000 in unpaid fuel theft, plus a 2024 judgment involving stolen cigarettes.
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Trump-Praised Discount Gas Network Linked to $4 Million Unpaid Fuel Dispute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — A fuel supplier alleges that a distributor connected to some Freedom Fuel Network stations received nearly $4 million worth of gasoline without paying, offering a possible explanation for prices President Donald Trump publicly praised as unusually low. Mansfield Oil Company filed a federal lawsuit Aug. 19 against KRSM Inc. and its president, Syed Kazmi, alleging the company obtained more than 1 million gallons from a…
Some Freedom Fuel stations have been able to sell gas cheaply because some fuel wasn’t paid for, lawsuit claims
The suit by Mansfield Oil Company claims that some Freedom Fuel Network gas stations have been able to sell gas cheaply at least in part because it has never paid for the gasoline.
Lawsuit: 1M Gallons of Freedom Fuel Was Stolen
Discount gas hailed by President Trump as a patriotic bargain is now at the center of a $4 million theft allegation, Politico reports. In a federal lawsuit filed Aug. 19, Georgia-based Mansfield Oil says KRSM Inc. lifted more than 1 million gallons of fuel from a Sunoco terminal in Pennsylvania...
Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early July — nearly $4 million worth.
Lawsuit Alleges “Freedom Fuel” Stations Sell Stolen Gas
Politico reports: A lawsuit filed this month alleges that there’s a simple reason some stations in the Freedom Fuel Network — the chain of discount gas stations promoted by the White House — have been able to sell gas so cheaply: Some $4 million worth of the gas is stolen. KRSM, the business named in … The post Lawsuit Alleges “Freedom Fuel” Stations Sell Stolen Gas appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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