Fuel thief charged for scamming Shell One Stop

Felix lino vargas

Almost five thousand dollars worth of fuel was reportedly stolen from Shell One Stop Gas Station located at the corner of Central American Boulevard and Cemetery Road. The alleged culprit, twenty-two year old Felix Lino Vargas, appeared before Magistrate Albert Hoare today and was slapped with seven counts each of Obtaining Property by Deception and Uttering a False Document. No plea was taken and he was offered bail in the sum of five thousand dollars plus two sureties of two thousand five hundred dollars. The case was adjourned until August fourth. According to the manager of the gas station, Margarita Briceño, the fuel was stolen between February twenty-third and March second, 2010 through fourteen fuel orders issued under the Belize Western Energy Limited (BWEL) logo. The culprit obtained four hundred and twenty-five gallons of fuel through the scam.