Price gouging by Texas merchants in the path of Hurricane Harvey has drawn the attention of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who said Saturday that his office is looking into such cases. “We’ve already found one big retailer that was charging $42 for a case of water,” Paxton told Fox & Friends. Paxton issued a warning about price gouging Friday as the hurricane approached the Texas coast. Paxton’s office received at least 75 consumer complaints related to Hurricane Harvey-related price gouging from Thursday through Friday afternoon, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday. One of the complaints accused a convenience store of charging $7 per bottle for drinking water, the paper reported.

Source: Fox News August 26, 2017 15:11 UTC