What penalties will an employee of a supermarket in Shanghai face for selling goods at a markup for illegal business operations?

An employee of a supermarket in Shanghai who sells goods at increased prices is suspected of operating illegally. The punishment he will face is: he will severely crack down and seriously investigate and deal with relevant departments to effectively maintain the security and stability of the market economic order and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the public. Therefore, he is suspected of being illegal. For business crimes, the police have taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law, and the case is under further investigation.

The epidemic has seriously trapped us. Some people have made a fortune because of this. Some citizens posted online that they recently bought a bag of vegetables, a few kilograms of meat, a few kilograms of vegetables and fruits, a small pile, costing thousands of yuan per day, and labor costs accounted for half of it. The high prices have attracted the attention of many people, and many people said that someone must be maliciously raising prices.

Sure enough, recently, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Department received reports from the public, reporting that guaranteed pork packages were sold at high prices in the community. It was a supermarket employee in Shanghai who drove up the prices of guaranteed supplies and illegally made a lot of money. The Qingpu District Market Supervision Department immediately launched a joint investigation with the District Procuratorate and the District Public Security Bureau and uncovered a case of supermarket employees driving up the prices of guaranteed supplies. .

The supermarket employee You Moumou is an employee of the food department of a large supermarket and is responsible for the supermarket's stocking, returns, and delivery. Since the epidemic, he has taken advantage of his position to keep pork, toast, bread, and other supply supplies that should have been put on the market without permission, privately increased the price, and sold them at high prices to people in the closed area through WeChat Moments. Preliminary investigation revealed that You sold 350 groups of pork and 740 groups of toast during the epidemic, making an illegal profit of 11,588 yuan.

The behavior of the party involved, You Moumou, is suspected of violating the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Notice on Strengthening the Connection between Price Administrative Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice During the Prevention and Control of the New Coronavirus Epidemic", Regarding the relevant regulations on price gouging, the Qingpu District Market Supervision Bureau has now initiated the execution linkage procedure and transferred the case to the public security department for processing. The person involved was suspected of illegal business operations and the police took criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law. The case is currently under further investigation.

The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Department will further continue to strengthen price supervision in key areas, and will also further crack down on high-pressure price violations, and strive to further maintain market price order. When purchasing goods, consumers must pay attention to choosing goods provided by formal guarantee units. They must pay attention to retaining consumption records, communicating with relevant operators, screenshots and other data, so that they can be used as relevant evidence when safeguarding rights. This will also facilitate the market. Follow-up verification and disposal by regulatory authorities.

During the epidemic, people across the country were working together to fight the epidemic. Medical staff rushed to the front line regardless of their own fatigue, braved the scorching sun, cold wind, and high risks to serve everyone. . There are also countless volunteers who are quietly contributing to Shanghai. They serve everyone without seeking fame or profit. And special people, just for their own selfish interests, sell goods at increased prices, operate illegally, break the bottom line of morality, and do such abominable things. I hope that in the future, they will reflect on their actions and in the future of life, Change your past mistakes and add your own strength to the fight against the epidemic!