Electronics that were supposed to be recycled were instead resold.

When Apple products break, they are gathered up and sent to the company’s various partnered recycling firms. These firms break down iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and more, retrieving the electronic parts within and destroying the remains. This process is enforced by contract between the firm and Apple. One firm in Canada has broken this contract, and Apple is not happy.

Apple has filed a formal lawsuit against GEEP Canada, a now-former partner recycling firm. According to Apple’s complaint, over 100,000 assorted devices that were supposed to be salvaged and destroyed on GEEP’s premises were instead refurbished and resold through back channels.

“At least 11,766 pounds of Apple devices left GEEP’s premises without being destroyed — a fact that GEEP itself confirmed,” Apple’s complaint reads.

Apple discovered this was occurring when they ran an audit on device IDs registered between 2015 and 2017. These devices were all supposed to have been destroyed, but according to Apple’s findings, about 18% of the associated IDs (approximately 103,845 devices) were registered as having recently accessed the internet through cell service networks. The number didn’t factor in wi-fi-only devices, so it may be even higher.

GEEP, for its part, has not denied the theft of the Apple devices, though it has claimed that the three employees who committed the crime did so at their own discretion, rather than at the behest of the company. However, the three employees in question are GEEP’s own senior executives, as Apple has pointed out, which calls the defense into question.

Apple is seeking $31 million CAD in damages from GEEP for attempting to sell Apple-branded electronics that no longer meet the company’s standards.

“Products sent for recycling are no longer adequate to sell to consumers… and could cause serious safety issues,” Apple said in a statement to The Verge.