Petrol station rigged pumps to cheat drivers

 

A PETROL station owner in Larnaca was arrested yesterday on suspicion of tampering with the computer system controlling the pumps to give customers less fuel than they paid for. 

Larnaca police spokesman Christos Andreou said a fuel company reported the 28-year-old petrol station owner to police yesterday morning, claiming that he was fiddling with the pumps to reduce the quantity of fuel sold.  

“Men from Larnaca CID working in collaboration with a Commerce Ministry official went to the station to investigate. They found that the quantity of fuel sold to the public at this specific station is less than that indicated on the fuel pump,” said Andreou.  

The 28-year-old was arrested in connection to fraud. Police confiscated various electronic items from the station for further analysis and to use as possible evidence.  

The station opened in May 2011. Police are looking into when devices used to alter the quantity of fuel released were implemented. 

 

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