SAN JOSE-Attorney General Edmund g. Brown Jr. today announced criminal proceedings the owner and two in San Jose-based electronic waste recycler Tung Or group leaders, the company provided $ 1 million "fraudulent and fictitious ' with the amount of the compensation is more than 2 million pounds of electronic waste that never is recycled.
"Tung or group tried to collect the $ 1 million fraudulent and fictitious State million pounds of electronic waste which does not exist," Brown said. "May amount to an infringement of the laws of the State of the system and public confidence. "
The two leaders, John Chen, 38, Hillsborough, and Jason Huang, 65, Foster City, was arrested last week and posted bail, set $ 1 million each. Owner, Joseph Chen, 69, Hillsborough, is in the people's Republic of China and the United States to him to return to the arrangements are concluded arraigned on charges.
Together with the men face 17 criminal counts of false documents for submission to the employee's status, counterfeiting and hazardous waste storage and handling of violations. If convicted, the men are faced with a maximum of nine years in prison.
"These arrests show that this Department is committed to the e-waste out of our landfills and to those who petollisessa our system out of the private financial gain," said juurtumiseen Maziar Movassaghi, efficient Director, Department of Toxic Dog Ramp substances control.
Electronic waste recyclers to be broken down according to the televisions, computer monitors, laptops and other waste in the California businesses and private households collected.Recyclers, waste recycled parts break and to submit an application in the Member State Department Resources recycling and recovery (CalRecycle). CalRecycle pay an average of 39 cents per pound from recycled material.
Late 2008 CalRecycle Auditors to investigators, Department of Toxic substance control by examining the Tung Or arguments and Golden State records, as was pointed out by the tolerances allowed, and recycling, a company that has been collected and transferred to the materials Or. Tung
In July 2009 searched Tung Or port facility and observed two separate documents that have provided evidence that the company provided the claims CalRecycle January-September 2008 that the airbag will outrageous Sterling returns the amount of recycled material.
For example, one set of records showed that the collector is brought to the attention of the Tung or material 62,000 pounds, but the compensation shall be sent to the lists almost CalRecycle 555,000 sterling. this unfair state increased by Tung Or requested by more than $ 235,000.
In addition, Tung Or submitted to the records in the list of items that were never Tung or any approved collectors CalRecycle electronic waste.
State has not made the payments that one $ 1 million counterfeit and an inflated requests.
These charges underscore Brown's State agencies responsible public commitment to fraud in may Brown shut down three. recycling fraud further tyres should be more than cans and bottles 3.5 million dollars into California, recycling fees.
John Chen and Huang are currently being arraigned at San Jose käräjä, September 9.
A copy of the complaint, which has been submitted to the Superior Court of Santa Clara, is attached.
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