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Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan K. McGuire, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, the defendants conspired to commit a series of thefts of used cooking oil, which can be refined into biodiesel fuel and re-sold for $4.00 to $5.00 per gallon, from numerous restaurants within and around Monroe County. Defendants Yang, Han, and Zhang drove trucks to restaurants and Zhang stole used cooking oil from oil collection tanks located outside of those restaurants. The defendants then delivered the stolen cooking oil to Chen, Huang, and Yan at a warehouse. Han worked in the warehouse and assisted in the collection and storage of the stolen cooking oil. Chen, Huang, and Yan subsequently sold the stolen cooking oil to a broker and caused the stolen cooking oil to be transported across state lines to a refinery located in Pennsylvania. On April 8 2022, Chen, Huang, and Yan caused approximately 45,000 pounds of stolen, used cooking oil to be transported from the Western District of New York to Erie, Pennsylvania, receiving more than $5,000 for the shipment. On April 28, 2022, Chen, Huang, and Yan caused another approximately 45,000 pounds of stolen, used cooking oil to be shipped from the Western District of New York to Erie, Pennsylvania, again receiving more than $5,000 for this shipment.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They almost got away because criminals are so slippery.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Wet Bandits.

That's right, I'm calling oil "wet." Fight me.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

Only if it's an oil wrestling match.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like they’re charged with stealing 2 truckloads of recyclable oil worth about $50k.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Quick, we better punish them far more than the UHC CEO who murdered hundreds of people!

[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So? Let them. Bust actual crimes.

[–] explore_broaden@midwest.social 16 points 1 year ago

How is this not an actual crime? The restaurants had the oil in collection containers to be a collected by someone they had an agreement with, and these people came around and stole it.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

$5 a gallon? That's almost eu prices for fossil fuels?

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the same math as the "estimated street value" that they use for drug busts.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 year ago

weighs plant, soil, pot, and a chunk of the floor from underneath the pot from the house that was raided

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 year ago

I literally laughed. Probably.