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Influencer Otakin reports alleged fuel scam at Aramco station Image: Instagram @otakin_antiinfluencer

Influencer Otakin reports alleged fuel scam at Aramco station

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Rodrigo Fernández, known as Otakin, said a worker at an Aramco fuel station in Hualpén charged him 30,000 Chilean pesos without filling his vehicle.
  • He confronted the worker and involved Carabineros, after which the vehicle was filled correctly; the worker said the charge was an error.

Chilean content creator Rodrigo Fernández, known as Otakin, accused a worker at an Aramco fuel station in Hualpén of charging him 30,000 pesos without putting fuel in his vehicle.

They tried to rip me off

— OtakinHe used the phrase in an Instagram post accusing the station worker of charging him without supplying fuel.

Otakin shared videos on Instagram showing himself confronting the attendant with the receipt. He said the receipt did not match the time of the supposed fill-up and that he realized something was wrong because his tank remained empty while the vehicle was running on reserve.

He gave me a receipt that was not correct and the guy did not put any fuel in at all

— OtakinHe described the alleged incident in one of the videos.

Carabineros intervened, and the vehicle was eventually filled correctly. The worker identified by Otakin defended the charge as "an error," but the creator said he did not believe that explanation.

an error

— Unnamed fuel-station workerThe worker’s defense after Carabineros intervened.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.