A Sacramento-based recycling company has been ordered to pay over $140 million for defrauding the state by submitting phony “weight tickets” to earn extra cash, according to a Feb. 20 announcement by the state’s recycling agency.
CalRecycle said Recycling Services Alliance would have to pay $86.6 million in restitution and interest for the fraudulent claims they filed for California Refund Value, a fee on beverage containers that’s refundable through recycling. The penalty is in addition to prior criminal judgments of $53.9 million against the company and its managers.
