Henrico gas station fined for price-gouging
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A Henrico gas station has been fined by Attorney General Mark Herring's office for price-gouging during the Colonial Pipeline emergency in the spring of 2021.
The Gaskins Road Mobil station, at 3901 Gaskins Road, agreed to pay $2,500 in civil penalties and fines and will refund more than $3,700 in excess profits made from offending sales May 11 and 12, 2021. ON those two days, the station allegedly raised the prices of all three grades of its gasoline between 30% and nearly 38%.
Consumers who purchased gasoline from Gaskins Road Mobil on May 11 or 12 should file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section to be considered for reimbursement of excess charges they paid.
The settlement, in the form of an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, has been filed for approval with the Henrico County Circuit Court.
It was the second Henrico station cited for price-gouging during the Colonial Pipeline emergency, joining one near Richmond Raceway, which was cited in September.
Two other gas stations in the state were fined by Herring's office this week for similar price-gouging efforts.
Consumers can contact the attorney general's Consumer Protection Section for information or to file a complaint in one of three ways:
• by phone: (800) 552-9963;
• by email: consumer@oag.state.va.us;
• through an online complaint form.
