The family earned $ 7,6 million for the disposal of garbage from Arizona in California: now she faces a prison

A Californian family has made millions of dollars just recycling cans and bottles. Now she is accused of numerous criminal offenses, fraught with more than one year in prison. The edition told in more detail Yahoo!.

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In a felony lawsuit filed this month, state prosecutors accused eight family members in Riverside County of defrauding the state by importing used bottles and cans from Arizona (about 178 tons in 8 months) and recycling them in California.

According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the recycling operation netted the family $7,6 million. In addition, investigators found a cache of "illicitly imported garbage" worth another $1 million.

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When someone buys a plastic or aluminum bottle in California, they typically pay an extra 5 to 10 cents in California Redemption Value or CRV, which the consumer can recover by returning the bottle to one of the state's more than 1200 recycling centers. There is no such program in Arizona.

“California's recycling program is funded by consumers and helps protect our environment and our communities,” Bonta said. “Those who attempt to undermine its integrity through criminal operations will be brought to justice.”

In a criminal complaint, prosecutors charged family members with unlawful conspiracy to commit grand theft and fraud under the California Disposal Program on a "chronic and ongoing basis" seeking reimbursement for bottles brought in from out of state.

Grand theft in California is punishable by up to three years in prison. Purchasing out-of-state bottles (to the extent that the family is charged) can increase the sentence by an additional three years.

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Last year, six people were charged with a similar operation to transport garbage from Arizona to California. According to prosecutors, the defendants made more than $10 million in profits by defrauding more than nine tons of empty beverage containers.

Thus, at least 93 people in California were convicted of recycling fraud between 2010 and 2019, according to a report by the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog.

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