FSD Group, LLC, which is headquartered in Miami, has been convicted and sentenced in connection with the illegal receipt, purchase, and sale of ozone-depleting refrigerant gas that had been smuggled into the United States contrary to the Clean Air Act, according to court records and U.S. officials.
FSD Group LLC pled guilty to a one count of knowingly receiving, buying, selling and facilitating the transportation, concealment, and sale of approximately 65,592 kilograms of the ozone-depleting substance hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (“HCFC-22″) which had been illegally smuggled into the United States contrary to the Clean Air Act.
The firm was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $100,000.00 criminal fine. This case was among those investigated through a multi-agency initiative known as Operation Catch-22. To date, Operation Catch-22 has made possible the successful conviction of nearly a dozen individuals and corporations at every level of the refrigerant gas smuggling and distribution chain.
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