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Six Arrested In Recycling Fraud Scheme

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CalRecycle announced that California agents have arrest- ed six suspects and are searching for a seventh in connec- tion with a large-scale scheme to defraud the state’s bottle and can deposit program. The group is accused of illegally: • cashing in empty beverage containers smuggled from Las Vegas casinos; • filing fraudulent California Redemption Value (CRV) claims for nonexistent material; and • selling previously redeemed bottles and cans back into the system for re-redemption. The California Department of Justice’s Division of Law Enforcement, with technical assistance from CalRecycle, uncovered evidence of a multi-state recycling fraud ring over the course of a roughly four-month investigation. During that time, the suspects allegedly brought truck- loads of out-of-state empty beverage containers to storage facilities and recycling centers in Southern California to fraudulently redeem the CRV material. Since consumers outside California do not pay CRV deposits on beverage purchases, imported empty beverage containers are not eligible for CRV redemption. As part of the investigation, Department of Justice agents conducted searches at several Southern California facilities and seized more than $300,000 in cash from California recy- cling processor West Coast Waste Industries S.A. Inc.

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