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$10 toilet paper?

Coronavirus gouging

complaints surge in U.S.

By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD
Associated Press
One store advertised hand sanitizer at $60 a bottle.
Another was accused of hawking it at $1 a squirt.
Chain stores were accused of selling $26 thermom-
eters and face masks at the "everyday low price" of
$39.95 a pair, while a convenience store offered toilet
paper at $10 a roll next to a sign reading: "This is not
a joke."
Across a country where lines are long, some shelves
are empty and patience thin, authorities are receiv-
ing a surge of reports about people trying to cash in This combination of March 11, 2020 photos made by investigators with the Michigan Attorney
on the coronavirus crisis with outrageous prices, pho- General's Office shows a $4.47 shelf price sticker for a gallon of Clorox bleach and $8.99 on a
ny cures and other scams. price scanner for the same item at a Menards store in Jackson, Mich.
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