Family Charged in $7.6 Million Bottle-and-Can Recycling Scheme
OAKLAND – Eight family members who run recycling centers in Riverside County face felony charges in connection to a $7.6 million, multi-state recycling fraud investigation. Agents believe the suspects illegally smuggled 178 tons of empty beverage containers from Arizona into Riverside County to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program
2 New Arrests in $10 Million, Interstate Recycling Fraud Case
LOS ANGELES – Two Arizona business owners arrested this morning for recycling fraud and grand theft face extradition to California as part of the California Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation of a recycling fraud plan to defraud California’s beverage container recycling program. Agents believe the suspects were part of a ring that brought more than nine tons of empty beverage containers from Arizona to Los Angeles for fraudulent redemption.
Agents break up suspected $10 million Arizona-to-California bottle and can recycling fraud scheme
Six people face felony recycling fraud and grand theft charges connected to a suspected multi-state scheme to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program. Investigators believe the suspects illegally smuggled over nine tons of empty bottles and cans from Arizona to the Los Angeles area to fraudulently redeem recycling deposits. Since consumers outside of California do not pay California Redemption Value (CRV) deposits on beverage purchases, those containers are not eligible for CRV redemption.
Recycling Company to Pay $34 Million for Multi-year Bottle and Can Smuggling Scheme
SACRAMENTO–Recycling Services Alliance, Inc. (RSA) and its operations manager will pay over $34 million for illegally filing claims for California Refund Value (CRV) based on thousands of fabricated weight tickets. The felony convictions for recycling fraud, forging/falsifying public documents and perjury are the result of plea agreements just approved by Sacramento Superior Court. The criminal judgment for RSA is $33 million restitution to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), plus a $1 million criminal fine.
6 arrested, $300,000 seized in suspected Las Vegas to Southern California recycling fraud scheme
SACRAMENTO–California agents arrested six suspects and are searching for a seventh in connection with a large-scale scheme to defraud the state’s bottle and can deposit program.
California Cracks Suspected Bottle and Can Recycling Fraud Ring
SACRAMENTO—California agents arrested nine suspects in a move to dismantle an organized recycling fraud ring that stretched from Phoenix to Los Angeles. The multi-state network of buyers, sellers, baggers, loaders and drivers are believed to be responsible for smuggling semi-truck loads of ineligible out-of-state containers into the state for fraudulent redemption at multiple Southern California recycling centers.
11 Arrested in $2 Million Recycling Fraud Scheme
SACRAMENTO–Following a four-month investigation, California has successfully disrupted a multi-million dollar recycling fraud operation that stretched from Nevada and Arizona to Los Angeles County. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) joined the California Department of Justice to announce the arrest of a Pacoima, Calif., recycling center operator and 10 additional suspects on charges of felony recycling fraud, conspiracy, and grand theft.
$16 Million Recycling Fraud Ring: Agents Track Suspects to Arizona: California Partners with Arizona in the First Ever Cross-Border Takedown
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in partnership with the California Department of Justice and the Arizona Department of Public Safety, is announcing the arrests of three suspects accused of using an Arizona trucking company as a front to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program.
Eight Arrested in Summer Recycling Fraud Crackdowns: Border Busts Prevent Nearly $83,000 in Illegal Redemptions of Out-of-State Containers
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is announcing the arrest of eight suspects accused of attempting to defraud the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Program by smuggling out-of-state empty beverage containers for illegal California Redemption Value redemptions.
Recycling Fraud Suspects Ordered to Pay Nearly $20,000
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery will receive $19,980 in restitution from the subjects of a multi-year recycling fraud investigation that stretched from Washington State to Sacramento. The California Attorney General’s Office, which prosecutes cases on behalf of CalRecycle, announced details of the settlement, which included jail time, probation, and restitution payments for those involved.
For more information contact, the Office of Public Affairs, OPA@calrecycle.ca.gov