6 Arrested for Allegedly Scamming $10 Million by Recycling Out-of-State Bottles in California

6 Arrested for Allegedly Scamming $10 Million by Recycling Out-of-State Bottles in California
Norcal Waste worker Angelo Borg moves a bins with trash and recyclable materials while collecting recyclable materials in a Sunset district neighborhood in San Francisco on June 11, 2009. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—Six people have been arrested for allegedly operating a recycling fraud scheme in the Los Angeles area that scammed more than $10 million from the state’s recycling program by bringing more than nine tons of out-of-state materials from Arizona for redemption, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced.

The defendants allegedly brought truck loads of ineligible materials from Arizona to recycling centers in Southern California, according to Bonta.

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