California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) confirmed that it’s...
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) confirmed that it’s putting its e-waste fraud unit under the watch of a criminal investigator, after the state’s e-waste program was accused of having become a magnet for fraud. The department “is working…
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to ensure that enforcement of e-waste fraud is handled appropriately,” spokeswoman Charlotte Fadipe told us. “We have a team of experts in place and are adding resources as appropriate including a criminal investigator. We know there are many companies out there following the law and it’s not fair to them, or anyone else, that others don’t. We want violators to understand that fraud is a serious offense and that DTSC will work to minimize the opportunities for this to occur.” The Sacramento Bee found that the department had paid recyclers more than $320 million the past five years without accounting for a high volumes of e-waste collected and processed illegally from outside California. But the department hadn’t assigned a single official to investigate the fraud or brought prosecutions, the paper reported. The department has ordered managers to prepare a report by Sept. 1 on how to beef up e-waste fraud enforcement, it said.