(Scroll down to see which pumps were hit this year in your neighborhood.)Data from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services showed skimming devices found at pumps had decreased 16 percent this year and almost 40 percent locally.The pandemic might be a reason why the number is down this year.“They are really well-organized groups.
Very coordinate,” said Dir. of Consumer Services for FDACS, Rick Kimsey. “We believe that the decrease we are seeing this year is based on coronavirus.”The virus kept inspectors off the roads.“We predict we would have seen at least the same numbers we would have seen last year if we had not gone through the pandemic,” Kimsey said.Even with the decrease, some gas stations have already been hit.