Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

October 6, 2004

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Former Waste Company Owner Sentenced To Prison For Bribe

Los Angeles — The former owner of a waste services company has received a five-month prison sentence for bribing a Carson, Calif., councilman to support a garbage hauling contract, according to The Associated Press (AP). Last week, a federal judge sentenced Michael Aloyan, the former owner of Compton, Calif.-based Hub City Disposal, to five months of prison and another five months of home confinement, and also fined him $75,000, the AP says. "In pleading last year, Aloyan acknowledged that in 2001 he proposed paying then-Councilman Manuel Ontal $1.5 million in exchange for voting to give the city’s waste contract to his company," the AP reports.

About the Author(s)

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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