(Des Moines)– A northwest Iowa woman has been charged with price gouging.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office accuses Brenda Kay Noteboom of Orange City with selling more than 320 items on eBay at excessive prices for a two-week period in mid to late March of this year. The items included toilet paper, paper towels, disinfecting and sanitizing products and other items needed by people during the pandemic. The A-G’s Office alleges Noteboom brought in more than $5,500 from the sales.
Noteboom is the sister of Michael Evan Noteboom who was sued by Attorney General Tom Miller on April 26th. He was accused of charging excessive prices on more than 250 items on eBay. Michael Noteboom has denied the price gouging allegations.
Since the beginning of the public health emergency, the office’s Consumer Protection Division says it has received 620 reports of price gouging, including 427 formal complaints.
