Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel stations sold gas a distributor says went unpaid for
A federal lawsuit claims that fuel distributor KRSM failed to pay for $4 million worth of fuel, some of which the company sold to the Freedom Fuel network.
TL;DR
- A federal lawsuit filed by Mansfield Oil alleges that KRSM owes $4 million for unpaid gasoline.
- KRSM obtained over 1.1 million gallons of fuel from a Pennsylvania terminal between May and July.
- Some of this fuel was allegedly sold to stations in the Freedom Fuel Network.
- President Donald Trump had previously praised the Freedom Fuel Network for offering discounted gas prices.
- The lawsuit claims that the unpaid fuel enabled some of the discounted sales and publicity for KRSM.
- The suit does not name Freedom Fuel Network as a defendant or accuse the company of wrongdoing.
- At least six Freedom Fuel locations in New Jersey are managed by the brother of the defendant, Syed Kazmi.