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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Intercon_Sign_Closeup.jpg|thumb|400px|Close-up of Intercon Solutions' sign touting their Certifications. 2014. Copyright BAN.]]<br />
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[[File:110705_chicago_recycler_exporting.jpg|thumb|400px|Shipping container eventually tracked to China on the property of Intercon Solutions. <br />
Photograph: © BAN 2009]]<br />
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==Summary==<br />
Diversified Recycling did XYZ. <br />
Lots of evidence beyond what was listed in Evidentiary Report.<br />
Shifting material between facilities prior to audits. <br />
Sending material to Sarah's Trading for long period of time... just to clean out warehouses. <br />
Sarah's is very obviously bad downstream place. <br />
According to discussions with owner, they supposedly also took material from IMS Recycling, Goodwill, and ____. But BAN was unable to follow up with those connections. <br />
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==Sarah's Trading==<br />
Story of late-night stakeouts. Smashing. <br />
Pictures of inside facility, smashing. <br />
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==Dumping==<br />
Followed trucks, and followed tracking devices. <br />
Material went to ____. <br />
--Pictures--<br />
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==Evidence & Supporting Documents==<br />
::Full summary of Diversified case and related evidence.<br />
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*[http://wiki.ban.org/images/2/2b/BAN_InterconExportReportOct2015.pdf '''Intercon Solutions: A Record of Deception and Dumping'''] <br />
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*Diversified Timeline<br />
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*Evidentiary Report<br />
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::''Supporting documents:''<br />
:::cnc_determination_letter_diversified_recycling (Dec 18, 2014)<br />
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*[http://wiki.ban.org/images/b/b9/InterconContainers_Sorted_PIERSinputs_BAN2013-v2.pdf '''Spreadsheet of over 200 Intercon shipping containers.'''] ''....(note: Excel version available upon request - email [mailto:inform@ban.org inform@ban.org])''<br />
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==Chronology==<br />
Whistleblower info. <br />
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==Known Contracts==<br />
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==Legal Status==<br />
Handed over information to authorities. <br />
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Freddy Cayaffa Montano, plead guilty on 9/22/15 to <br />
negotiated plea. plea deal.<br />
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From in or about November 2013, through in or about December 2014, in<br />
the Northern District of Georgia, the defendant, FREDDY CA YAFFA<br />
MONT ANO, did knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, agree,<br />
and have a tacit understanding with others, known and unknown, to commit an<br />
offense against the United States; namely, violations of the Resource<br />
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by:<br />
a. knowingly transporting and causing to be transported hazardous waste,<br />
specifically, used, broken cathode ray tubes ("CRTs"), to a facility which<br />
did not have a permit issued by the United States Environmental<br />
Protection Agency (EPA), or an authorized state, to treat, store, and<br />
dispose of hazardous waste;<br />
b. knowingly disposing of hazardous waste, specifically, CRTs, without a<br />
permit issued by the EPA, or an authorized state, to dispose of such waste<br />
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Sentencing in December. <br />
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19. The Defendant agrees to cooperate truthfully and completely with the<br />
Government, including being debriefed and providing truthful testimony at any proceeding resulting from or related to Defendant's cooperation.<br />
Defendant<br />
agrees to so cooperate in any investigation or proceeding as requested by the<br />
Government.<br />
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==Press Coverage==<br />
===Basel Action Network Press Releases===<br />
*[http://www.ban.org/news/2011/07/05/toxic-e-waste-exports-by-chicago-electronics-recycler-uncovered "Toxic E-Waste Exports by Chicago Electronics Recycler Uncovered"] - July 5, 2011<br />
**[http://www.ban.org/files/MajorMediaAmicus.pdf Supporting Major Media Amicus Brief Document]<br />
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[[File:Intercon_Office_Area.jpg|thumb|300px|Intercon Solutions office area]]<br />
===E-Scrap News Articles===<br />
*[http://resource-recycling.com/node/1883 "Certification audit exposes exporter"] - July 5, 2011<br />
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===Other Media Coverage===<br />
*[http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/aan-fights-to-defend-anti-slapp-laws/Article?oid=7521345 "AAN Fights to Defend Anti-SLAPP Laws"] - AAN News - January 13, 2014</div>
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