Nixon fines more area businesses for price-gouging
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Five southwest Missouri businesses that sold hotel rooms and fuel after January’s ice storm have been ordered to pay a total of $29,931 to settle allegations of price gouging.
The settlements are with Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, who has been investigating the more than 400 complaints of price-gouging filed with his office during and after the storm. The state prohibits charging excessive prices for necessities in disaster areas.
Nixon in May ordered seven other businesses to pay to settle price-gouging allegations. The latest settlements are with the following businesses:
- The Springfield Inn, 2355 N. Glenstone Ave., which will pay $7,900 in restitution, $1,000 to the Merchandising Practices Revolving Fund and a civil penalty of $1,100 to settle allegations that it substantially raised room prices after the storm