Dive Summary:
- A judge sentenced a former electronics recycling executive to 14 months in prison for illegal recycling practices.
- Tor Olson, while employed by Executive Recycling, sold e-waste to brokers who dumped the electronic material overseas instead of recycling it properly.
- Olson was ordered to pay a fine totaling $5,000 and $17,000 in restitution to victims.
From the article:
Tor Olson's lawyer, Bill Leone, had asked U.S. District Judge William Martinez to sentence his client to probation or home detention.
He [Judge Martinez] allowed Olson to remain free on bond pending an appeal.
