Gas Gouging Syndicate

Fuel prices were sky-high last year. Then they dropped. Now they're on the rise again, which often leads people to believe there's a better chance that their friendly neighborhood gas station is cheating them at the pumps. In Michigan, the state's "pump police" reported that it's rare -- just five stations of more than 5100 statewide were charged last year with shorting customers.But one station, a Fast Track near Detroit, was accused of clipping its unsuspecting customers by as much as $100,000 in a year's time. The station was shut down, and the owner, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of intentionally selling short measure, was ordered to pay a $55,000 fine and put on probation for 18 months.

Okay so they cheated people out of $100,000 and had to give the Government $55,000 ...Hmm sounds like a crime syndicate and they split 55/45.

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