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Blаck-Mаrket Diesel: Thieves Sell Fuel By The Trucklоаd Nоvember 30, 2014 – Daniel Hajek, NPR Yоu may have heard about criminals hiding payment-card skimmers in gas pumps to steal credit card numbers. But this isn't your classic case of identity theft. Instead of going on shopping sprees or buying flat-screen TVs, organized crime gangs are buying hundreds or thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, and reselling them to make an untraceable profit. 'Stacks Of Cards' In Glendale, Calif., police officer Dan Suttles sees this kind of thing all the time. In the police department evidence room, he opens an envelope full of gift cards, hotel key cards and blank cards with magnetic strips. All of these cards store credit card numbers, stolen from skimmers secretly installed in gas pumps across the country. Thieves use these cards to go from gas station to gas station, buying diesel fuel, which is then sold on the black market to truckers, taxi companies and construction companies. "They're going to drive through and say, 'Hey, I've got some fuel,' " Suttles says. "You either go across the street and you pay a dollar extra a gallon for it, or you buy it from this guy for a dollar off." LA is a hot spot but thieves in Atlanta, parts of Florida and Oregon are doing the same thing: Selling stolen diesel by the truckload. Beat-Up Trucks Hide Big Profits U.S. Secret Service agent Steve Scarince is with the department tasked with investigating these crimes He says gas thieves use utility vans and trucks with hidden tanks called bladders, that hold the fuel. Don't be fooled by these beat-up trucks and makeshift rigs. This is a lucrative enterprise. "Our average case is between $5 and $10 million gross profit per year," he says. High Risk Of Combustion, Low Risk Of Punishment Some crews even invest in tanker trucks. There's one parked in the back of the impound lot. Scarince says these thieves were stealing 4,000 gallons of diesel a day. "Our big fear, of course, is when one of these goes and ignites, that's when there'll be a lot of carnage." Here in LA, a man lit a cigarette while he was stealing fuel a couple years back and his truck exploded. Back at the Glendale Police Department, Sergeant Dan Suttles says that doesn't stop the thieves. "I actually interviewed one of these guys and I asked him, 'Why do you do this? Because it's not right.' And he says, 'Well, I've opened up two legitimate businesses, I have a house that's clear and paid for, I have put my daughter through [the University of Southern California]. You tell me why I wouldn't do this.' " The risk is low: Diesel is an untraceable commodity. Sometimes, of course, people do get caught. In his view, the punishment is too lenient. "It's literally just a slap on the wrist," he says. The reward is too high. Thieves will keep filling up their tanks. Question Summarize the article. Using a cost-benefit analysis, why do thieves continue to steal diesel?
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