The reporter learned from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau on the 19th that recently, according to the relevant clues handed over by the market supervision and management department, the Shanghai Jing’an police cracked an illegal operation case of price gouging.
After investigation, since April 10, the criminal suspect Gao Mou (male, 42 years old) illegally rented a food business license from others to open a store on an online platform, hoarded a large number of vegetables, eggs, chicken, duck and other food, and significantly raised the price to the outside world. Sales, cumulative sales of more than 1.75 million yuan, illegal profits of more than 1.5 million yuan. At present, the criminal suspect Gao has been taken criminal compulsory measures by Jing’an police according to law for the crime of illegal business operation, and the case is under further investigation.
The police said that Shanghai police have always “zero tolerance” for illegal and criminal acts that use the epidemic to drive up prices, and will continue to work with relevant departments to crack down and punish them severely. (Reporters Lan Tianming and Zhu Hong)