After the police had moved in and rounded up all these people, then the question became where did all that dust that contained these precious metals go? And that's where the next step of your story went. Up from DG, there's another organization and that organization is called a refiner in Burlington, New Jersey. They were buying the dust that was being sold by DG. That company is not indicted in this case.
Catalytic converters are a vital part of emissions reduction in gas-powered vehicles. But that’s not why they’ve been making headlines. Thieves across the US have been sawing them off cars because they contain precious metals like platinum, palladium and rhodium. Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Evan Ratliff is here to tell the tale of a $500 million catalytic converter theft ring—and how local police departments and federal law enforcement brought it down.
Read more: How Cops Cracked a $500 Million Catalytic Converter Crime Ring
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