Companies to pay for mislabeling fuel

PIERRE – Two companies accused of selling improperly labeled fuel in South Dakota have agreed to pay the state nearly $80,000.

State Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday that an agreement with Harms Oil of Brookings and M.G. Oil of Rapid City has been reached after a months-long investigation.

Jackley says in a news release that both companies cooperated with the investigation. He adds that while the investigators found that 85-octane gas had been improperly sold, the companies hadn't made "unusual profits" off the sales.



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