Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel expands to Detroit as lawsuit over supplier's unpaid fuel heats up
Freedom Fuel won free publicity when President Donald Trump urged other gas retailers to emulate its low prices in July.
TL;DR
- Freedom Fuel Network, a chain of gas stations promoted by President Donald Trump for low prices, has opened a new location in Detroit.
- A lawsuit filed by fuel supplier Mansfield Oil Co. alleges that businessman Syed Kazmi's company, KRSM, owes millions for fuel and is violating a court order concerning account balances.
- Mansfield Oil claims that the M&T Bank account designated for payments now belongs to a different entity named 'Universal,' raising concerns about fund dissipation.
- KRSM disputes the allegations, stating it is an accounting dispute over fuel invoices and plans to appeal a court order related to the account balance.
- The Freedom Fuel Network is not a defendant in the lawsuit, but at least some of the fuel in question was allegedly sold to Freedom Fuel stations.