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Florida's attorney general investigates coronavirus price gouging complaints

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Florida's attorney general investigates coronavirus price gouging complaints
Florida's attorney general investigates coronavirus price gouging complaints

Fifty online vendors from Amazon are being investigated for suspected price gouging by the Florida Attorney General's Office, including almost two dozen in South Florida.

FLORIDA'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENTOFFICER.

THE ATTORNEY GENERALHAS SENT SUBPOENAS TOBUSINESSES USING AMAZON TOSELL ESSENTIAL ITEMS AT ANINFLATED COST.CONTACT FIVE INVESTIGATOR DAVEBOHMAN SPENT THE DAY TRYING TOTRACK DOWN THOSE WITH PALMBEACH COUNTY ADDRESSES.<< "THESE BUSINESSES THEATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS TOQUESTION HAVE NAMES LIKE'SIMPLE TECH GIANT' AND 'VIPFOR YOU.'

THE ADDRESSES WERENOT STOREFRONTS, BUT HOMES ANDCONDOMINIUMS IN NEIGHBORHOODSTHROUGHOUT THE COUNTY." (PKG)AT A TIME WHEN SUPERMARKETSARE OUT OF SUPPLIES FROM HANDSANITIZER TO TOILET PAPER,CONTACT FIVE FOUND SOME OF THEPRICE GOUGING INCIDENTSSTATEWIDE ON THE ATTORNEYGENERAL'S TWITTER FEED.

ONEONLINE MERCHANT TRIED TO SELLA PACK OF DISINFECTANT WIPESFOR 25-DOLLARS, DOUBLE ITSNORMAL PRICE.

ANOTHER TRIED TOSELL A SIX DOLLAR CAN OFDISINFECTANT SPRAY FOR ALMOST24- DOLLARS.

AND THEY THERE'STHE SELLER HAWKING 12 ROLLS OFPAPER TOWELS FOR ALMOST 800-DOLLARS.

"WE ARE IN THE FIELD,AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THESECOMPLAINTS IN REAL TIME.

WEWANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THISTIME OF CRISIS, WE ARE ENSUINGTHAT FLORIDIANS CAN GET THECOMMODITIES THEY NEED."ATTORNEY GENERAL MOODY ISSUED47 SUBPOENAS STATEWIDE& THREEWITH PALM BEACH COUNTYADDRESSES.

CONTACT 5 TRACKEDTHEM TO PALM BEACHGARDENS&WEST PALM BEACH&ANDBOCA RATON.

AT THE PALM BEACHGARDENS CONDO&NO ONE ANSWEREDTHE DOOR OR OUR CALLS.

"DAVEBOHMAN, WPTV&" AT AN APARTMENTIN WEST PALM BEACH& "HEDOESN'T LIVE HERE." THE PEOPLEWHO ANSWERED THE DOOR SAY THEPERSON NAMED IN THE SUBPOENAMOVED OUT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.AND AT A HOME IN BOCA RATON"WE HAVE NO COMMENT." THE MANWHO ANSWERED THE DOOR LATERCALLED CONTACT FIVE AND SAIDHE WAS BLINDSIDED&AND THEAMAZON ACCOUNT LISTED AT HISHOME MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY AFRIEND FROM ANOTHER STATE TOSET UP THE ONLINE BUSINESS.PEOPLE AT THE ADDRESSES WECHECK SAY THEY HAVE NOTRECEIVED THE SUBPOENAS&AND THEA-G HAS NOT RELEASEDSPECIFICALLY WHAT PRODUCTSWERE BEING SOLD FOR INFLATEDPRICES.

"THE ATTORNEY GENERALWANTS TO KEEP PRESSURE ONTHOSE SUSPECTED OF PRICEGOUGING AND CONTINUES TO ASKFOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP.

YOU CANGET THE NUMBER OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL'S PRICE GOUGINGHOTLINE, AND DIRECTION ON HOWTO DOWNLOAD AN THE AG'S APP TOREPORT IT ON OURWEBSITE...WPTV.COM.

IN PALMBEACH GARDENS, DAVE BOHMANWPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5."

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