Edible Tofu Byproduct is "Industrial Waste"

A fertilizer producer got nabbed for dumping 18,000 cubic meters of okara, an edible tofu byproduct, on his company's property. Tofu producers were paying him on the cheap to cart it away. 1. Why is the guy arrested instead of a fine simply levied against the company? 2. The fact that something edible is labeled industrial waste when people are starving seems criminal in and of itself. Thank you Supreme Court of Japan. 3. 18,000 cubic meters of okara would make A LOT of sweet and sour meatballs. [Chef's recommendation: Add black cumin to taste. It cures everything except death.]