July 2007

Consumer Affairs & FBI Perform Joint Operation

County Executive Tom Suozzi and Consumer Affairs Commissioner Roger Bogsted inspect an oil truck

In cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs tested oil trucks of companies suspected of rigging the meters. Two oil companies shorted their customers on Long Island and in New York City out of millions of gallons and resold the oil on the black market for $75 million in cash.

Federal agents Thursday morning seized dozens of heating-oil delivery trucks, raided oil terminals on Long Island and in the metropolitan area, and charged four top executives of two companies -- Mystic Tank Lines of Astoria and T&S Trucking of Brooklyn -- in the alleged fraud.