California busts recycling fraud ring

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The anti-fraud crackdown also involved the state Department of Justice and the Department of Food and Agriculture.

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“CalRecycle works alongside its law enforcement partners in an effort to protect every nickel and dime Californians pay at the cash register when purchasing CRV beverages,” CalRecycle Director Scott Smithline said in a statement.

The most recent seizure occurred Aug. 15 in the Imperial County community of Winterhaven, where a Yuma, Arizona, resident who owns a recycling centre was arrested while bringing 907 pounds (411 kilograms) of aluminum empty beverage containers into California, officials said.

CalRecycle said that operation is suspected of having smuggled 468,000 pounds (212,283 kilograms) of aluminum over three years.

The other seizures occurred earlier in San Bernardino County.

In mid-July, a two-day operation at state line checkpoints in and near Needles netted five vehicles carrying 33,639 pounds (15,258 kilograms) of aluminum and 13,623 pounds (6,179 kilograms) of plastic containers from Nevada, the agency said. Six people were arrested.

In June, a semi-truck allegedly carrying beverage containers from Las Vegas was stopped in Barstow. The driver was arrested and agents seized 1,480 pounds (671 kilograms) of aluminum and 6,260 pounds (2,839 kilograms) of plastic containers.

The Associated Press