scrap metal fraud News

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $326,000 in restitution for running an interstate scrap metal scam through a supposed recycling company he registered in Montana. The U.S. Attorney’s …

Five people have been arrested on various charges after Union Parish sheriff’s investigators started an undercover operation into illegal purchasing of copper at a Farmerville, La., scrap metal business. Sheriff Bob Buckley tells The News-Star his department received a number …