Pandemic profiteering: US cracks down on scammers, price gouging
Viral scams and increased prices, how prosecutors in the US are taking on pandemic profiteers.
The global demand for hand sanitisers and other hygiene products has risen because of the coronavirus pandemic.
And, in the United States and some other countries, there has also been a surge in complaints about profiteering and opportunism.
As doctors combat the virus, prosecutors are pursuing the opportunistic villains who prey on the fearful.
Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Chicago.
Published On 6 Apr 2020