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Office of Inspector General |
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Title: | Guilty Plea Entered in Hazardous Waste-Dumping Case |
Date: | December 22, 1998 |
Type: | Investigation |
Summary: | Latin Van Lines, Inc. and its owner, Manuel Rojas of Miami, FL, pleaded guilty
to illegally storing hazardous wastes. Rojas, who allegedly attempted to con- tract for the illegal dumping of 37 drums of waste but was caught in an under- cover operation, agreed in his plea in Federal court in Miami to pay a fine of $100,000 and make $53,000 in restitution to reimburse agencies for costs of identifying, and properly disposing of, 9 drums of paint wastes. OIG, EPA, the FBI and the Florida Marine Patrol jointly investigated the case. |
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1998/oig3998.htm |