Attorney General Derek Schmidt highlights scams, price gouging, victims services and religious gatherings all related to the Coronavirus pandemic.

 

Covid-19 scams continue to be widespread across the state with people finding new ways to earn a few dollars and cents off of hardworking citizens.

 

Schmidt says they have been working very hard and with others to put a stop to these scams.

 

Kansas has a anti-price gouging law, actually called the Profiteering from disaster law and its rarely invoked. It's only in effect in a time of a State of Emergency and right now we are in both a Federal and State of Emergency declared.

 

Schmidt mentions that the Attorney General's office received their 300^th complaint involving price gouging this week since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and he says that most of the complaints turn out to not be in violation of price gouging.

 

It's currently National Crime Victims' Rights Week and Schmidt is reminding residents in Kansas that the state's victims services capabilities remain operational amid the response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

Schmidt acknowledges that the idea is right in order to protect yourself and others but it is not okay to say that it is a crime if you decide to do something different.

 

You can hear the entire interview with AG Derek Schmidt by clicking here. 

 

More information can also be found on the Attorney General's website.