by Owen Collins | Nov 16, 2018 | Around the Industry, World Focus
Total Reclaim Inc. has been charged by federal prosecutors with lying to customers about the destination of its e-waste. According to The Stranger, the company’s customers, which include the City of Seattle, have paid millions of dollars to Total Reclaim for it to...
by Owen Collins | Oct 19, 2018 | World Focus
A new scandal has hit the British industry after claims of fraud, corruption, and “widespread abuse” within the export system. According to a report in The Guardian, the Environment Agency (EA) has employed a team of investigators, including three former police...
by stefanie | Oct 12, 2018 | Around the Industry
Jennifer McCain-Bray, former employee of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, has pleaded guilty to a multimillion dollar ink and toner cartridge scheme. As the Review-Journal reports, the 43-year-old has pleaded guilty to “mail fraud and tax evasion in scheme to...
by Owen Collins | Sep 21, 2018 | Around the Industry
A 28-year-old Canadian man has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for importing 17.9 kilograms of methamphetamine into New Zealand inside toner cartridges. Scoop reports that Jingyuan Zhang arrived in Auckland with a companion in January of this year,...
by stefanie | Sep 17, 2018 | Around the Industry
Authorities in the UAE have confiscated over 46,000 counterfeit toner cartridges this year, according to HP. These ready-for-sale counterfeit toner cartridges had both HP and Samsung brands, the OEM revealed. As Gulf News reports, in April this year a number of raids...