Attorney General Warns Retailers About Price-Gouging

Mar 26, 2020 | 8:08 AM

(Chicago, IL) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is warning online retailers to comply with price-gouging laws. Raoul and 32 other attorneys general are specifically urging Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Craigslist and Walmart to monitor third-party seller listings of items to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Raoul’s office contacted eBay after receiving a complaint about a seller listing a package of toilet paper for sale at 49-thousand dollars.

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Jim McCabe/jb IL)