Judge Orders Kazmi, KRSM to Preserve $2.75 Million in $4 Million Fuel Dispute
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 29
Judge Orders Kazmi, KRSM to Preserve $2.75 Million in $4 Million Fuel Dispute
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 29
Summary
A federal judge on Friday ordered Syed Kazmi and KRSM to keep at least $2.75 million in a bank account while Mansfield Oil pursues an unpaid-fuel lawsuit.
Mansfield alleges KRSM took more than 1 million gallons worth nearly $4 million from a Pennsylvania terminal between May 21 and July 7, then blocked payment attempts and failed to pay.
The supplier says some of that fuel went to at least 10 Freedom Fuel stations in Pennsylvania, arguing unpaid inventory helped support the chain’s heavily discounted gasoline sales.
Freedom Fuel drew national attention in July after selling gas at $3.47 a gallon—about 40 cents below market after the Iran war—and was praised by President Donald Trump.
Kazmi denies owing Mansfield, calling it an invoice-pricing dispute; the lawsuit does not name Freedom Fuel as a defendant or accuse the network itself of wrongdoing.