A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas!

Unfortunately for her, you can’t do that, prosecutors said. The 45-year-old woman was arrested March 6 and faces felony theft charges accusing her of a crime that cost the gas station nearly $28,000.

Prosecutors say the woman exploited the system over a period of several months. Police learned of the problem in October when the loss-prevention manager at Bosselman Enterprises reported that the company’s Pump & Pantry in Lincoln had been scammed.

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    8 months ago

    Yet when 2008 happened they got a bail out and a pat on the back. Trick a machine? Felony theft charge. Trick the American people? Bail out.

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      8 months ago

      Two things can be true, and you can agree with one and disagree with the other.

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        8 months ago

        Very well. Please clear up the misunderstanding and say the words “the bailouts should never have happened and everyone involved in that disaster should have faced felony charges”

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          The bailouts should never have happened and everyone involved in that disaster should have faced felony charges.

          Now, can you say the words “anyone that steals things of more than $10,000 in value should face felony charges”?

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                Nope. She broke the law in the sense that all those Wall Street types broke the law with mortgage backed securities.

                Why are you defending the two tier justice system?

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                  8 months ago

                  I’m not, it sounds like we are in agreement that she committed a serious crime. It’s a shame that the Wall Street types get away with it, but you seem fine with that?

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                    8 months ago

                    I don’t she committed a serious crime. Sorry the million people who died in the pointless Iraq war is what I consider a serious crime.