Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of a suburban Chicago medical supply company stands convicted of price gouging customers who sought to purchase scarce N-95 masks amid the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
In a bench trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole, convicted KRIKOR TOPOUZIAN, 62, of Winnetka, Ill., of violating the Defense Production Act. The conviction is punishable by up to one year in federal prison. Sentencing is set for Oct. 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
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