T-Mobile sues electronics recycling firm for over $6 million - Resource Recycling

One of the largest wireless carriers successful the state filed suit against its mobile telephone resale and recycling vendor, claiming it has been shortchanged $6.6 million.

T-Mobile USA filed a ailment connected Oct. 12 against Belmont Trading, which is based successful Buffalo Grove, Ill., adjacent Chicago. The suit was filed successful U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Through an statement betwixt the 2 companies, T-Mobile provided the outdated, damaged oregon different unwanted phones it received from customers to Belmont Trading, which would resell oregon recycle them connected T-Mobile’s behalf. Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile USA alleges Belmont Trading owes it millions of dollars successful gross from the income of T-Mobile’s reusable and end-of-life devices.

According to tribunal records, Belmont was served the tribunal papers connected Oct. 14, and the institution has not yet filed a effect successful court.

Belmont Trading CEO Igor Boguslavsky told E-Scrap News helium can’t remark due to the fact that the substance is successful pending litigation.

T-Mobile USA’s ailment claims the companies archetypal signed a maestro statement successful September 2015, though the papers was aboriginal amended a fig of times. Under the deal, the wireless bearer owned the devices until they were sold. Belmont Trading was obligated to support the T-Mobile inventory abstracted from different electronics it received and needed to get T-Mobile’s pre-approval of the prices astatine which units would beryllium sold anterior to completing those sales.

In speech for its services, Belmont Trading would clasp a information of income revenue. After the declaration was amended aggregate times, Belmont Trading received work fees and remarketing percentages for utilized devices sold done its Asset Management Program, and it received 25% of income gross for end-of-life worldly sold done its Beyond Economic Repair (BER) program, the ailment states.

T-Mobile USA claims Belmont Trading has failed to remit to T-Mobile astir $6.6 million. The parties’ statement terminated connected May 6, 2022. The ailment asks the tribunal to grant T-Mobile that sum, positive involvement and ineligible costs.

Founded by Boguslavsky successful 1988, Belmont Trading present has facilities successful the U.S., South America, Europe and Asia.

A mentation of this communicative appeared successful E-Scrap News connected October 19.

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