9 people have been arrested in connection with a recycling fraud ring that was operating in Arizona and California. The multi-state network of buyers sellers, baggers, loaders and drivers are believed to have been responsible for smuggling semi-truck loads of ineligible out-of-state containers into California so they could fraudulently redeem them in California. The defendants have been charged with felony recycling fraud, conspiracy, and grand theft. Additionally, the truck drivers involved may face suspension of their commercial driver’s licenses and impounding of their tractor-trailers.
