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Title: By Hook - By Crook - By Pass
Author: Raymond J. Crawford
Source: American Gas Association 1979
Year Published: 1979
Abstract: Since the first gas utility was formed, certain individuals have been devising methods of defrauding the utility. Underground publications are selling helpful hints on how to beat the big bad utilities. The suggestions range from turning the meter around so it runs backwards to removing the index for part of the billing period. One paper, available by subscription, details how to remove and replace the wire and lead seal so the meter reader will not readily notice the lampering. It explains how to hook up a meter with a vacuum cleaner to turn back the index. The paper is full of safety lips, not only for handling gas, but also for ways to avoid detection. In many areas of the country, independent businessmen are selling their questionable talents to utility customers. These nefarious individuals will alter the registration capabilities of the meter by 30 percent to 50 percent in return for one months utility bill. However, even individual customers are finding their own way of altering meter registration.

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