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The stolen catalytic converters were sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.

The bipartisan bill would ensure contractors have control over their work while also providing certain workplace protections and more. Also: Catalytic converter theft ring busted; Iowa waives HOS regs for fuel haulers; latest Highway Angel.

The bipartisan bill would ensure contractors have control over their work while also providing certain workplace protections and more. Also: Catalytic converter theft ring busted; Iowa waives HOS regs for fuel haulers; latest Highway Angel.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.

A national catalytic converter theft ring that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue was taken down in an unprecedented federal investigation, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.

The federal operation, the first of its kind coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice, led to charges against 21 people in five states, including California.

Federal authorities carried out raids in New York and New Jersey as part of a nationwide bust of a catalytic converter theft ring.

Navin Khanna of Holmdel has been accused by federal prosecutors of being part of a nationwide ring of catalytic converter thefts.

The federal operation, the first of its kind coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice, led to charges against 21 people in five states, including California.

Arrests, searches and seizures took place from California to Virginia. In total, 21 individuals in five states have been arrested and/or charged.