Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) assisted the Attorney General’s Office in its investigation into businesses engaging in price gouging on its online marketplace.
The Attorney General’s Office already issued over 1,800 cease-and-desist orders to businesses that are allegedly violating New York’s price gouging law.
In August, Attorney General James sued Hillandale Farms for gouging the prices of more than four million cartons of eggs in March and April 2020.
The Attorney General’s Office is reminding businesses that it is aggressive in enforcing the state’s price gouging law.
Allegations against the three Amazon sellers
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Northwest-Lux sold approximately 1,168 units of PURELL hand sanitizer from March 1 to March 6, 2020.
It sold 2-liter bottles of the product for $79.99 to $129.99 and 2 packs of 20-ounce bottles on its Amazon storefront. The regular price of a 2-liter bottle of PURELL hand sanitizer is around $20.87 to $35 while the 2-packs 20-ounce bottle is around $14.88 to $35.10.
