Cue Grover to start singing, "It's very lucrative being green."
Chicagoland (March 11, 2011) Headline: "Waste agency director charged with stealing $1 million". Cook County State's Attorney Press Release. In addition, he moonlighted as a consultant for other communities.
California (March 6, 2006) Two Californians Arrested for Recycling Fraud for using their recycling center to falsely redeem more than $6 million worth of ineligible cans and bottles.
Other CRV frauds from ConsumerAffairs.com
The penalties might not be all that alarming.
(March 4, 2011)
A plea bargain saw most fraud charges against a recycling facility dropped
The company allegedly hauled in an estimated 4.4 million pounds of aluminum cans from Arizona, then illegally claimed reimbursement for the loads from California. It cost the state millions.
REPUBLICANS IN COLORADO "killed a bottle bill championed by school children"
(Feb 24, 2011) Despite "children from two schools [who]testified" Republicans killed the bottle bill. The Republicans acted "under fears of fraud and hidden costs fueled in part by a Seinfeld episode."
File under "Oops, My bad."
He "inadvertently spent $20 million"
Illinois (March 11) The DuPage Water Commission got payback of loans made ten years ago. They needed the payback because - CHECK THIS WORDING OUT - the Commmision has "been plagued by financial woes ever since former financial administrator Max Richter inadvertently spent down nearly all of the agency's $20 million in reserves in late 2009. In 2009 the paper called it a "budget snafu" and "a lapse in money management."
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