Jul. 3—As two wildfires raged 75 miles away, the price of a room quoted by one Roswell hotel last month jumped overnight from $93 to $216.12, according to a complaint filed in recent days with the New Mexico Department of Justice. Market forces at work? Or an unconscionable business practice? Attorney General Raúl Torrez said […]
Jun. 26—RUIDOSO — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has a message for business operators who have or are thinking about raising prices on people affected by the South Fork and Salt fires: “That won’t be tolerated.” The state Department of Justice will investigate possible price gouging instead of local law enforcement agencies, which would […]
Price gouging and scammers attempting to take advantage of the victims of the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire near Ruidoso, New Mexico will not be tolerated, authorities said. “This community has come together and really reached out neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend, and lent each other a hand in probably the most difficult […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is reminding home and business owners about Arkansas laws affecting post-storm clean-up. Griffin said that the governor’s state of emergency declaration on Sunday triggered a specific Arkansas law into effect to prevent price gouging. The law prevents businesses from charging more than 10% over pre-disaster prices […]
Late in January, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan went online to post a death wish aimed at San Francisco politicians. “F— Chan Peskin Preston Walton Melgar Ronen Safai Chan as a label and motherf—ing crew,” Tan tweeted in the early-morning hours of Jan. 27, naming members of the city’s Board of Supervisors. “And if you […]