Dive Brief:

• Carmine Franco, aka Papa Smurf, received a sentence of one year and one day for his part in a plan to control commercial trash services in the New York City and New Jersey areas.
• Franco pleaded guilty in November of 2013 to conspiring to transport stolen cardboard across state lines, racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud, according to NJ.com.
• The judge also slapped Franco with two years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, $5,600 in restitution and a forfeiture of $2.5 million, reports NJ.com.

Dive Insight:

Franco was involved in extortion, loansharking and stolen property crimes. He admitted to overbilling customers at the West Nyack, NJ transfer station that he controlled. 21 of the 32 people charged in this racketeering case have been convicted so far, reports NJ.com