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Technology & Science

Oct. 10, 1998

Oil Company Charged in Gasoline Scam

In what apparently is the first high-tech consumer fraud case of its kind in the nation, prosecutors announced Thursday they have charged four employees of a small oil company with shortchanging thousands of motorists out of $1 million worth of gasoline by fraudulently altering computer components inside petrol pumps.

By Michael D. Harris
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        In what apparently is the first high-tech consumer fraud case of its kind in the nation, prosecutors announced Thursday they have charged four employees of a small oil company with shortchanging thousands of motorists out of $1 million worth of gasoline by fraudulently altering computer components i...

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