Fraud Related Press Releases

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

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.

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.

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.

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is announcing the arrests of 10 suspects accused of smuggling out-of-state beverage containers into California to defraud the state’s California Redemption Value fund. The recycling fraud schemes include an alleged three-year criminal enterprise involving the mass shipment of empty beverage containers from Las Vegas to 12 Los Angeles-area recycling centers.

SACRAMENTO–The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is announcing the arrests of two drivers on charges of felony recycling fraud, attempted grand theft, and conspiracy following stings at temporary border checkpoints in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The suspects are accused of trying to smuggle more than 8,000 pounds of empty beverage containers from Arizona and Nevada into California in an attempt to defraud the California Redemption Value fund.

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.