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What happens to stolen catalytic converters? A look inside one $38 million California crime ring

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Metal recyclers accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar, cross-country crime ring grew so successful trading catalytic converters that had been sawed from vehicles that they had a specialized phone app providing real-time prices for the stolen precious metals.

That startling detail — and others attesting to the increasing sophistication of metal thieves — was revealed in federal court documents recently filed in the prosecution of three Sacramento County residents charged with operating a Northern California-based crime operation from 2019 until last month.

 

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