Controversies

Connection to a catalytic-converter theft ring investigation

Reference material states that Dowa Metals & Mining America bought raw material from DG Auto Parts, a New Jersey company whose principals and an associate were later implicated in a large U.S. catalytic-converter theft scheme. Dowa was described as an unindicted co-conspirator rather than a charged defendant. The material reports substantial payments from Dowa to an account associated with DG Auto Parts, but does not establish that Dowa knowingly participated in the thefts.