Former Truegain owner Robert Pullinger found guilty of three criminal charges for environmental pollution, leading to a $12m EPA cleanup cost and a $20m compulsory acquisition.

Robert Pullinger, former Truegain owner, has been found guilty of three criminal charges for failing to comply with EPA clean-up notices. Pullinger's waste oil refinery, polluting a creek that flows into the Hunter River with toxic firefighting chemicals, led to a $12m EPA cleanup cost and a $20m compulsory acquisition for remediation. Pullinger, once worth over $45m, is now declared bankrupt.