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The 45-year-old woman was arrested on March 6 and is charged with felony theft of gas worth almost $28,000.

The Associated Press reports a software update was sent to gas pumps at a Pump & Pantry service station in Lincoln, Nebraska. The update caused unintended behavior from the machines: When a rewards card was swiped twice, the machine entered demonstration mode, in which gas could be pumped for no charge.

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Prosecutors say a loss-prevention official with the company discovered one card was associated with the thefts. Surveillance footage showed the woman pumping gas in this manner from November 2022 through June 2023. The glitch was fixed, according to case documents, in June.

Prosecutors also say the woman rented the card out to at least one other user for a fee

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Posted by Radio One

On the banks of the Wabash

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Posted on 3/13/24 at 7:23 am to pioneerbasketball

I’m not reading that

You are writing and posting about gasoline a lot lately pio ….

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Posted by TigerintheNO

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Posted on 3/13/24 at 5:00 pm to pioneerbasketball

Her defense is that the gift card was from a man who owed her money for something (car?) she sold him, he would add money to the card at the end of each month. Of the gentleman who gave her the card died a few months ago.

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