News Release: HURRICANE BUSINESS ADMITS TO IMPROPERLY RAISING WATER PRICES DURING JANUARY STATE OF EMERGENCY CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today announced his office has accepted an assurance of discontinuance from the owner of Putnam County convenience stores in which the owner admitted he improperly raised the price of water during a January 2014 state of emergency. Achraf Assi, the owner of Mid Valley Mart LLC in Hurricane, admitted in the assurance that he improperly raised the price of some water products following a water crisis in January that resulted in a Do Not Use order impacting 300,000 West Virginians. As part of the assurance, Assi agreed to pay the state a $5,000 fine and has promised to not violate consumer protection laws or other applicable state or federal laws in the future. “This agreement is a victory for West Virginia consumers,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “During the water crisis, we pledged to aggressively prosecute anyone who attempted to take advantage of West Virginians during their time of need. We filed a complaint against one business after finding numerous instances where prices of water products had been increased dramatically. The business owner attempted to distract people from the allegations by leveling untrue accusations against me. It is good to see the business owner taking responsibility for his actions.” Assi also agreed to dismiss a counter claim he filed against Morrisey. To read the fill release, go to: bit.ly/1yTirGr
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:28:17 +0000
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