XPost: ca.environment, ca.politics, talk.politics.guns   
   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Back over the border"  wrote in message   
   news:ua7q97$iac$1@toxic.dizum.net...   
   > Recycling proved especially lucrative to a California family, who pocketed   
   > $7.6 million from bringing used bottles and cans to California facilities.   
   > Now, though, the state is accusing the clan of fraud, grand theft, and   
   > conspiracy.   
   >   
   > Officials, in a criminal complaint, allege that the eight family members   
   > imported 178 tons of recyclables over the course of an eight-month period   
   > from Arizona, then recycled them in California. The state charges   
   > consumers an extra five or 10 cents when they buy a drink in a plastic or   
   > aluminum bottle for what's called the California Redemption Value (CRV).   
   > Consumers can get that deposit back when they return the containers to the   
   > state's recycling centers.   
   >   
   > State Attorney General Rob Bonta says the family in question (who have   
   > different last names) effectively stole from consumers by bringing in the   
   > additional containers from a state that does not charge a CRV fee. (Only   
   > materials from California are eligible for redemption.)   
      
   Solution show that California bottled/canned products show up in the   
   state(s) in question.   
      
   Then demand that the state prove that all of the materials were not made of   
   materials from California.   
      
   If they can't then the state doesn't have a case.   
      
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