Post by Logan on Jan 9, 2017 4:49:24 GMT -6
No charges in S.C. so far despite 400 complaints of price gouging during Hurricane Matthew
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A newspaper analysis shows the South Carolina attorney general has initiated no prosecutions involving about 400 complaints of price gouging by businesses during Hurricane Matthew.
Records obtained by The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette show (http://bit.ly/2iWCJAH) the office of Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson has received the complaints for the period of Oct. 4 through Nov. 3 when the state's price-gouging law was in effect because of the storm.
Wilson's spokeswoman says the office has ongoing investigations; she declined to release any details on those cases.
Meanwhile, officials in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina say they're citing several businesses with price gouging. In one case, the Florida Attorney General's Office said it is pursuing a civil case against a franchise hotel chain that several South Carolina consumers also accused of price gouging.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/news/no-charges-in-s-c-so-far-despite-complaints-of/article_07f21852-d5f1-11e6-a050-4770641f166a.html
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A newspaper analysis shows the South Carolina attorney general has initiated no prosecutions involving about 400 complaints of price gouging by businesses during Hurricane Matthew.
Records obtained by The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette show (http://bit.ly/2iWCJAH) the office of Republican Attorney General Alan Wilson has received the complaints for the period of Oct. 4 through Nov. 3 when the state's price-gouging law was in effect because of the storm.
Wilson's spokeswoman says the office has ongoing investigations; she declined to release any details on those cases.
Meanwhile, officials in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina say they're citing several businesses with price gouging. In one case, the Florida Attorney General's Office said it is pursuing a civil case against a franchise hotel chain that several South Carolina consumers also accused of price gouging.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/news/no-charges-in-s-c-so-far-despite-complaints-of/article_07f21852-d5f1-11e6-a050-4770641f166a.html