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Speaking of people who need to hang...



"...A Pennsylvania tow truck business, TDI Towing, was busted for allegedly running a multi-million dollar "organized criminal enterprise that specialized in the theft of catalytic converters throughout the Delaware Valley region," according to the Bucks County District Attorney.

TDI would allegedly pay at least $10,000 every night to thieves who brought stolen catalytic converters to the tow yard. "On some nights, there would [be] 30 transactions with some thieves showing up more than once," the DA said in a release. "On several occasions, TDI Towing paid $1,000 for a single converter." 

The DA said that TDI paid on average $300 per unit. This went on for allegedly three years, with an average of 175 catalytic converters coming in every week. .."

"..still find it weird* that police and news folks ever put any stock into the theory of "homeless people are the ones stealing catalytic converters" given that the only way to fence them is via a corrupt scrap metal dealer forging the paperwork and laundering them in with legit platinum-containing scrap, which is only profitable if performed at a large and organized scale..."