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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: Deep Fried Theft Rings Cash In On Blackmarket Cooking Oil
Description: Cooking oil left over from french fries and fried chicken has become liquid gold.Ā
Organized criminal gangs are emptying storage tanks at restaurants and convenience stores across the United States.
Hello. Iām investigative reporter Robert Riggs with an unusual story from inside the crime scene tape.Ā
Did you know a gallon of used cooking oil is now worth more than a gallon of gasoline?
The thefts fuel a multimillion-dollar black market.
Gary Edgington Working Counter Insurgency and IED's in Iraq for the U.S. Army
Here to talk about it is Gary Edgington, a 40-year law enforcement veteran.
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