May 14, 2012: Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Illegal Purchase and Sale of Smuggled R-22
MIAMI — Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Maureen O’Mara, special agent in charge, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Criminal Investigation Division, Atlanta Area Office, and Alysa D. Erichs, special agent in charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announced that defendant Carlos A. Garcia pled guilty in connection with the illegal receipt, purchase, and sale of HCFC-22 that had been smuggled into the United States.
Sentencing has been scheduled before U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga for June 26, 2012. Garcia faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.