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Man pumps $44,000 in premium gas using stolen fuel card
For several months, the guy operated under the radar -- $59 here, $49 there. But then he went crazy. "He was filling up everyone's vehicle, whoever he could give a discount to, everyone on the West End," says the thief's former employer. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
July 17, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
He should have just kept using it for himself. Maybe he wouldn't have gotten caught.
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 17, 2008 10:48:18 AM
DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO....SHAME HE GOT CAUGHT FOR SURE.
Posted by: | Jul 17, 2008 10:55:14 AM
This is why most thief's get caught. They get greedy and do stupid stuff but then again they tend not to be the smartest people alive.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Jul 17, 2008 11:05:27 AM
Wonder what a truck full of roses is worth?
Posted by: thomas | Jul 17, 2008 11:33:12 AM
Agree with twerp & TAG - dude got way too greedy/generous.
Posted by: elchampino | Jul 17, 2008 11:55:04 AM
Here's a crazy thought: Stealing is wrong.
Posted by: Sheila | Jul 17, 2008 12:16:59 PM
Sheila, everybody has stolen something in one way or another at some point in their lives--be that kisses, looks, candy, road signs, hotel towels, flowers, time, money, internet, etc.
Yeah it's wrong but sometimes it sure as hell is fun. I steal kisses all the time.
Posted by: thereverendtwerp | Jul 17, 2008 12:39:18 PM
Twerpie, stolen kisses don't cost someone else money. Stolen gas cards do. I wouldn't steal your gas card, or anyone else's) because it would be a hardship for you. I don't steal any of that other stuff, either. Actually, I can see stolen kisses costing someone bigtime in a divorce case.
Posted by: Sheila | Jul 17, 2008 1:01:30 PM
I steal naps all the time. In fact, I'm taking one now... snork!
Posted by: Reno | Jul 17, 2008 1:02:30 PM
Sheila
The famous diarist Samuel Pepys fined himself for every kiss (past one) he stole from a pretty girl. I guess he considered the first one on the house.
And for some reason I'm thinking of a Dwight Yoakam Borrowed Love
At every glance, you steal from me
I catch your eyes still offering
Ill-got desire bought with deceit
'Cause borrowed love ain't never free
Borrowed love, not yours for givin'
Borrowed love, not mine to seek
Borrowed love, this road we're takin'
Towards one another is awful steep
Forgiveness for what passion wreaks
Bears a hurtful cost that don't come cheap
Its wages paid with misery
'Cause borrowed love ain't never free
Posted by: nellagain | Jul 17, 2008 1:27:19 PM
"Sheila, everybody has stolen something in one way or another at some point in their lives--be that kisses, looks, candy, road signs, hotel towels, flowers, time, money, internet, etc.
Yeah it's wrong but sometimes it sure as hell is fun. I steal kisses all the time."
That's right. A girl named MaryBeth stole my heart. Of course, she can't get crap for it.
SFL
Posted by: somefatlesbian@gmail.com | Jul 17, 2008 1:28:02 PM
Nell: I've read Pepys' diary (decoded, of course), and he "stole" more than kisses. Mrs. Pepys was not pleased.
Posted by: Sheila | Jul 17, 2008 3:02:00 PM
I'm sure he was still unemployed and he was telling folks...if you pay me $2.00 a gallon I'll fuel up your tank. he was making money off people....
Dumb Ass, he probably could've gotten away with it forever if he wouldn't gotten greedy.
Posted by: cherie | Jul 17, 2008 3:28:46 PM
Yeah! When he was caught he was quoted as saying; "I would have gotten away with it if weren't for those pesky kids and their dog!"
Posted by: RANdom | Jul 17, 2008 3:51:06 PM
Thou shall not steal.
Unless it's from the government because they started it.
Posted by: trustno1 | Jul 17, 2008 6:20:31 PM
Shel
Indeed. He was very naughty, but undoubtedly paid for it, given the state of medical treatment at the time.
If you haven't read either of Ober's books on "the medical afflictions of literary men" you really should. There's a detailed account of, amoung other diagnostic processes for veneral disease, "sounding" which is positively diabolical. Were I a man and thought I had to go through that as a consequence of whoring about--I'd padlock my equipment and throw away the key.
Posted by: nellagain | Jul 17, 2008 6:24:56 PM
If we did that Nell We wouldn't think at all ; )
Posted by: | Jul 17, 2008 7:10:36 PM
I tried to snatch a kiss once, but I got it backwards.
Posted by: JIM | Jul 18, 2008 4:39:58 AM
nellagain;
Silver plated might be more endurable than Sterling.
Posted by: thomas | Jul 18, 2008 5:23:37 AM
While I agree that the thief was not very bright, neither was his former boss. I work for a company with fleet cards like that, and it's part of my job to match the receipts to the bills when they come. He should've known way before the guy started selling/giving gas to other people. Sounds like for the first few months, he was just gassing up his own vehicle. Whatta doofus.
Posted by: Ryanne | Jul 18, 2008 8:12:12 AM
