Americans stealing gas, reselling it amid record prices: 'There's no Robin Hood in this'

Thieves are stealing gas from pumps and other vehicles either by physically accessing pumps or by hacking networks as the national gas price average sits at $5 per gallon.

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"There is no Robin Hood in this," Jeff Lenard, vice president of strategic industry initiatives at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), told Fox News Digital. "These are thieves. They are not robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. The gas station owner is the least responsible for high prices. The cost of theft gets passed on in higher prices, and when people are driving around with unsecured stolen fuel, it is a concern to anybody."

Terry Kim Air Force veteran co-founder of NGT Academy, a network engineering and cybersecurity training academy, similarly said, "It's really sad because who's really losing out in these types of situations is the gas station owner."