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Tuesday, August 01, 2023

8 Riverside County family members charged in alleged multi-million dollar recycling fraud

Eight members of a family that run recycling centers across Riverside County face felony fraud charges related to allegations that they smuggled 178 tons of recyclables from Arizona to take advantage of California’s recycling programs.

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California pays crazy money for aluminum cans.

After I got divorced, I made friends with a couple living in Reno, and once every couple months I'd drive up there and spend the weekend drinking. These folks drank nothing but beer, but they started first thing in the morning and drank all day. Their side yard was piled with crushed cans. I asked Phil why he didn't recycle and he said Nevada didn't pay enough but I was welcome to take a load home every time I came up, and I could keep the money.
Every time I went up, I'd haul back another load and stop off at a recycling center before I hit the house. I made bank, 150-200 bucks every trip.