The California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a Felony Complaint (“Complaint”) in the Superior Court of the State of California (County of San Bernardino) on April 14th against seven individuals (collectively “Individuals”) for alleged involvement in a fraud scheme to bring ineligible empty beverage containers into the State of California. The Complaint alleges that ineligible beverage containers were collected from Las Vegas, Nevada, casinos and improperly redeemed through the California Redemption Value (“CRV”) program. The CRV program is administered by Cal Recycle. This is the State of California’s empty beverage container recycling program. Only material from California is eligible for redemption under CRV. The CRV program provides a five or ten cent return on eligible beverage containers deposited at privately-owned centers.