U.S. Attorney Urges Public to Report Potential Hoarding of Supplies Needed to Fight COVID-19

BILLINGS—U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today urged the public to report potential stockpiling or price gouging of medical supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Department of Justice is getting reports of persons using the coronavirus crisis to stockpile urgently needed medical supplies to make windfall profits at the expense of public health and safety. Hoarding these items makes it difficult for healthcare providers and first responders to resist the spread of COVID-19.

“Hoarding critically needed medical supplies to get rich quick during a pandemic is not only morally reprehe...

 

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