{"id":268149,"date":"2024-10-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-a-combined-63-93-million-settlement-has-been-reached-with-gas-trading-companies-making-money-available-for-those-who-bought-gas-in-california\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:20:02","slug":"se-llego-a-una-conciliacion-combinada-de-63-93-millones-con-empresas-de-comercializacion-de-gasolina-que-suministrara-dinero-para-quienes-compraron-gasolina-en-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/se-llego-a-una-conciliacion-combinada-de-63-93-millones-con-empresas-de-comercializacion-de-gasolina-que-suministrara-dinero-para-quienes-compraron-gasolina-en-california\/","title":{"rendered":"A Combined $63.93 Million Settlement has been reached with Gas Trading Companies making money available for those who bought Gas in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 2, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; A lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and a separate federal class action lawsuit claimed that Defendants <span class=\"xn-person\">Vitol Inc<\/span>., Brad Lucas, SK Energy Americas, Inc., SK Trading International Co. Ltd., and <span class=\"xn-person\">David Niemann<\/span> manipulated a benchmark price for gasoline in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, causing purchasers to pay artificially inflated prices for gasoline (regular, mid-grade, and premium) in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has settled claims on behalf of natural persons residing in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (i.e., individuals who are not businesses) who purchased gasoline in the state. If you purchased gasoline at retail in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Riverside<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Bernardino<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Kern<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Ventura<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Barbara<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Luis Obispo<\/span>, and\/or <span class=\"xn-location\">Imperial<\/span> counties in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <span class=\"xn-chron\">between February 20 and November 10, 2015<\/span>, you may be eligible for a payment. You must file a claim to be eligible to receive money from the <span class=\"xn-money\">$37.5 million<\/span> <i>parens patriae<\/i> portion of the <span class=\"xn-money\">$50 million<\/span> settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs in the federal class action have settled claims on behalf of people who, at the time of purchase, were not residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, and businesses (regardless of location), that purchased gasoline from a retailer, for their own use and not for resale, in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, between <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 18, 2015<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 31, 2017<\/span>. Those who are in this federal settlement class must file a claim to be eligible to receive money from this <span class=\"xn-money\">$13.93 million<\/span> settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Payments will depend on which settlement a claimant is eligible for and may vary in part based on how much each claimant spent on gasoline during the relevant time period. How much each claimant will receive is unknown at this time and will depend on how many claims are submitted. Claims must be submitted by <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 8, 2025<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> residents and members of the federal settlement class may object to the respective settlement or request exclusion. Californians and federal settlement class members that do not exclude themselves will be bound by the respective settlement, which may impact their rights.<\/p>\n<p>To submit a claim or exclude yourself from either settlement, learn full details about your rights and options, including the deadlines to exercise them, and access frequently asked questions and other important documents, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4263496-1&amp;h=2058848963&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calgaslitigation.com%2F&amp;a=www.CalGasLitigation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.CalGasLitigation.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contacts: <br \/>Attorney General Press Office, (916) 210-6000, <a href=\"mailto:agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov<\/a><br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Samantha Derksen<\/span>, Hausfeld, 202-849-4766<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Verita Global LLC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 2, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; A lawsuit brought by the Attorney General of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and a separate federal class action lawsuit claimed that Defendants <span class=\"xn-person\">Vitol Inc<\/span>., Brad Lucas, SK Energy Americas, Inc., SK Trading International Co. Ltd., and <span class=\"xn-person\">David Niemann<\/span> manipulated a benchmark price for gasoline in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, causing purchasers to pay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268149"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268150,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268149\/revisions\/268150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}