Judge Orders Kazmi Company to Pay $667,000 for Unpaid Fuel After Default
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 15
Judge Orders Kazmi Company to Pay $667,000 for Unpaid Fuel After Default
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 15
Summary
$667,000 in judgment was entered in February against a company tied to businessman Kazmi after a federal judge found it took fuel over 10 days in August 2021 without fully paying.
The court issued a default judgment after what the judge called the defendants' and their lawyers' serial flouting of court orders and federal civil procedure rules; Kazmi had denied the allegations.
A separate federal ruling in January found another Kazmi company owed more than $700,000 in rent at 17 Florida gas stations and that its franchise agreements were lawfully terminated.
Kazmi's name surfaced as an operator of Freedom Fuel Network stations after Mountain Express Oil, the Georgia retailer that Blue Owl bought in 2021 for expansion, went bankrupt.
The ruling adds to scrutiny of Kazmi, who has promoted a $60 million Yum Grills gas-station restaurant plan in the Philadelphia area while his companies face multiple fuel-industry lawsuits.