♪ THE RESULTS TOGETHER WITH ERIK VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
5 GETTING RESULTS.
>> ALL NEW AT 5. THIS SMALL
DEVICE RIGHT HERE IS BEING
USED TO STEAL DIESEL FUEL FOR
PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR COST
ABOUT $40 TO BUILD AND IS
ALREADY ALLOWED THIEVES TO
STEAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
GAS IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY DOESN’T LOOK THAT
SOPHISTICATED. REALLY NEWS 6
INVESTIGATOR MIKE HOLFELD SAYS
THIS GAS PUMP MANIPULATORS
PERFECTLY LEGAL.
>> MATT: BUT HE’S WORKING TO
CHANGE THAT. MIKE, THANKS,
MATT. GOOD EVENING. AND WE
WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A PARALLEL
ECONOMY THAT’S PUTTING ALL OF
US FINANCIAL RISK. IT ALL
STARTED. REMEMBER, THESE
SCAMMERS SLIPPED INTO PUMPS TO
STEAL YOUR DEBIT AND CREDIT
CARD INFORMATION. WELL, NOW
THE SECRET SERVICE IS GIVING
US AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT NEW
TECHNOLOGY THAT’S MANIPULATING
THE PRICE OF GAS AT THE PUMP.
>> IT’S HARDLY THE STUFF OF
CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY JUST
LIKE YESTERDAY.
>> HIS HANDMADE DEVICE,
POWERED BY 2, 9 VOLT BATTERIES
IS STEALING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF DIESEL GAS
FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA
EVERY DAY SIMPLY BY FUELING
THE PUMPS. IT JUST CAUSES THE.
GEAR HERE TO SPEND A LOT
SLOWER THAN THAT SHIP. THAT
GEAR IS PART OF THE PUMP.
PULSE OR THE DEVICE INSIDE THE
PUMP THAT COUNTS DOLLARS PER
GALLON TO THE NUMBERS WE SEE
CLICKING THERE. THE SLOWER
GOES, THE CHEAPER. IT IS
CORRECT. EVEN THOUGH THE GAS
IS FLOWING AT MORE THAN $5 A
GALLON ALSO RESTRICT ALLOWING
THIEVES TO HOARD THE FUEL IN
LARGE BLADDERS LIKE THIS FOR
JUST PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR,
THEN SELLING IT ON THE BLACK
MARKET AT A DEEP, DEEP
DISCOUNT. SO THE IMPACT OF THE
YEAR FROM ONE DEVICE WOULD BE
WHAT ONE DEVICE OPERATING FOR
12 MONTHS COULD BE ANYWHERE. 2
AND A HALF. 3 MILLION DOLLARS.
LET’S DO THE MATH. EACH DEVICE
STEALS 2 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS
IN FUEL PUMPING THE DIESEL AT
$0.5 A GALLON COST TO BUILD
THAT DEVICE ABOUT $40, A POP
IT OFF THESE IN THE FUEL PUMP.
INTEL SUGGEST ORGANIZED GANGS
OF DESIGN THE HANDMADE
MECHANISM THAT CONNECTS WITH
THE PULSAR CALL IT A PERFECT
FIT FOR THE PERFECT CRIME. IT
TELLS ME THAT WHOEVER DESIGNED
THIS KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE GAS
PUMP OPERATES AND HOW THIS
DEVICE OPERATIONS AT THE GAS
PUMP. THIS VIDEO SHOWS A PEEP
ACCESSING A GAS PUMP IN
SECONDS. HE WAS INSTALLING A
SKIMMER TARGETING DEBIT AND
CREDIT CARDS.
>> THIS IS THE NEXT
GENERATION. THE GAS PUMP
MANIPULATOR. HOW IN THE WORLD
THE ABLE TO GET THAT IN SO
QUICKLY THEY HAVE THE KEYS,
THE PUMP. SO THIS GOING TO
BREAK THEM OPEN.
>> THE SECRET SERVICE AND
OFFICE OF AGRICULTURE LAW
ENFORCEMENT. TELL NEWS 6
INVESTIGATORS ARE TRACKING
ROUGHLY 40 CASES OR MORE IN
THE STATES APRIL 8TH, LAKE
COUNTY THIEVES ROLLED AWAY
WITH NEARLY 400 GALLONS OF
DIESEL FUEL FROM A CIRCLE K.
>> AND THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE
IS THE DEVICE WE’RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW IS THAT LEGAL? IT’S
NOT ILLEGAL. THERE’S NO LAW ON
THE BOOKS AS THAT. THIS
DEVICE. IS CONTRABAND. HOW
IMPORTANT WOULD LEGISLATION BE
TO STOP THIS? IT’S THE MOST
EFFECTIVE TOOL WE WOULD HAVE
RIGHT NOW TO COMBAT THIS. ALL
THAT DOES IS MAKE FUEL
EXPENSIVE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
STATE CFO JIMMY PATRONIS
ALREADY CONCERNED OVER
ESCALATING DIESEL FUEL PRICES
AND ITS IMPACT ON TRUCKERS
TELLS ME HE WOULD DEFINITELY
SUPPORT A LAW BANNING THE
DEVICE IN ONLY WITH SUPPORT
BANNING IT. BUT BUT EVEN IF
YOU’RE CAUGHT USE THAT MAKING
SURE THERE’S THERE’S, YOU
KNOW, MULTIPLE DEGREE FELONY
THAT’S ATTACHED TO IT. NEWS
SIX’S WORKING WITH CFO
PATRONIS STATE LAWMAKERS AND
THE CYBER FRAUD TASK FORCE TO
BAN THIS DEVICE. THE FLORIDA
OFFICE OF AGRICULTURE IS
TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND
WILL BE DEVELOPING THE
LANGUAGE WE BRING THE
TALLAHASSEE. A SPECIAL AGENT
WENT TO SAID LEGISLATION WILL
BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL TO
COMBAT THIS AND WE’RE WORKING
ON IT. SO SO THIS IS THIS
PARTS INSIDE THE PUMP, RIGHT?
AND THIS JUST THAT IS WHAT
only at Papa Johns. EXACT LEE AND THAT, NO, NO,
NOT THE VEHICLE. THEY’RE
PUTTING IT IN THE GAS PUMP
INSIDE THINGS THEY SLIP IN
THERE IN SECONDS EITHER WITH
THE KEY IS THE AGENT TOLD US
WHERE THEY LITERALLY JUST
BREAK IT OPEN. I’M NOT GOING
TO TELL YOU HOW THEY. YEAH, WE
DON’T WANT GIVE THAT AWAY. BUT
THERE IT’S IN 30 SECONDS 30
SECONDS TO A MINUTE THAT
THINGS. AND THEN THEY REMOVE
THAT PART WHEN THEY LEAVE HOPE
THEY LEAVE IT. THAT’S THE
EVIDENCE THEY DON’T NEED THIS.
THAT’S WHY THE AGENTS ARE IN
THE BILL TAKE AS MUCH AS 70.
WHY AREN’T THEY LEGAL REAL
QUICK? MY BECAUSE WE DON’T
HAVE A STATE LAW ON THE BOOKS.
YOU HAVE THE DEVICES JUST
STARTED SHOWING UP IN ORLANDO
AND TAMPA LAST JUNE. SO IT
HASN’T BEEN ON THE STATE
LAWMAKERS RADAR. WE’RE
CHANGING THAT. THE TASK FORCE
LED BY THE OFFICE OF
AGRICULTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAS ALREADY MET WITH ORLANDO
STATE SENATOR LINDA STEWART.
WE HAVE HER SUPPORT AND WE
BELIEVE THIS WILL HAVE STRONG
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND ONCE
THEY SEE IT, I THINK THEY’RE
GOING TO GET I CAN’T IMAGINE
ANYONE SAYING, NO, WE’RE NOT
GOING TO BAN IT ON THE RADAR
NOW. IT’S IT’S A HOME RUN
BALL. I’M GLAD WE’RE WORKING
WITH LAWMAKERS AND AND THE
AGENCIES INVOLVED AND WE’RE