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LISTEN: Family Faces Prison after Recycling Scheme Defrauds Program of $7.6M

Author
Eric Sorensen
Published
Wed 02 Aug 2023
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Drawing inspiration from Seinfeld’s Kramer and Newman, a family that operated recycling centers in California attempted to capitalize on the state's beverage container recycling program.

According to a statement from the office of California's Attorney General Rob Bonta, during an eight-month period, the eight family members brought some 178 tons of aluminum cans and plastic bottles from Arizona to undocumented lots in Riverside County, California. 

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