translated from Spanish: The program used by gas stations to not sell full liters

The head of the Federal consumer attorney’s Office (PROFECO), Ricardo Sheffield Padilla, reported that last week was found in a bomb of a gas station located in Champotón, Campeche, a modification to “software”, known as “Rake”, which controls Distance the number of milliliters that are shipped in each case.
Sheffield said the rake card was found when they opened the bomb box. The gas station in which this irregularity was detected has as a corporate name combustibles e Imagen S.A. de C.V.
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This software, according to Sheffield, runs remotely, from an office or a cell phone. By pressing a button you can alter the amount of gasoline sold, you can dispense liters of a liter or “shave” each liter to dispense less fuel than the consumer pays.
In presenting its report “Who is who in the fuel prices” at the morning conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the holder of Profeco announced that the complaint will be filed with the attorney-General’s office.
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It is a system that is apparently sold by the manufacturer of the bombs “down the water” and it is estimated that 8% of the pumps use this system.
A first operative will be carried out by verifiers of the attorney General’s office in conjunction with personnel of the secretariat of Citizen security at 71 stations. 
 
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Original source in Spanish