The Los Angeles prosecutor's office created a website to receive complaints from citizens
Los Angeles Attorney Mike Feuer offers statements to the press.
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The Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer, stated that his office is encouraging citizens to "alert them to possible speculation scenarios in the price of essential products”During the coronavirus pandemic such as disinfectants with chlorine and the antibacterial gel.
Feuer said his office is working hard to detect and stop these cases across the county. The prosecutor reported that his team I buy "to a third seller on Amazon two one-liter containers of antibacterial hand gel for $ 149 and eight gallons of chlorine for $ 100"
Feuer reported that they contacted Amazon so that remove those sellers of the list of offers and added that the company provided him with the "identity of those sellers and the price at which they sold the products before the emergency"
The Los Angeles city laws prohibit the price increase greater than 10% during an emergency. "No merchant can sell an item, service, medical material, or others for a price greater than 10% of the price they sold it before the emergency ”, The prosecutor indicated in his statement.
Traders who break the law can face civil and criminal penalties, including one year in prison, $ 10,000 in fines and a refund to customers.
The citizens You can file your speculation complaints here.
