Investigations
Guilty Plea Entered in Hazardous Waste-Dumping Case
December 22, 1998
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.