New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal warned anyone else in The Garden State that profiteering from coronavirus fears, especially when it comes to deceiving and maiming people, won't be tolerated. In a Facebook post, the River Vale Police Department provided pictures of the bogus and dangerous product and warned residents to be wary.īharade was issued a summons on charges of endangering the welfare of children and deceptive business practices. The other three were not burned severely enough to require a trip to the hospital.
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One of the children was hospitalized but later released and is expected to make a full recovery. Three 10-year-old boys and one 11-year-old boy were injured. That concoction caused chemical burns on at least four children. New Jersey authorities say that Manisha Bharade, who owns a 7-11 convenience store in River Vale, mixed water and a foaming sanitizer that is not intended for resale, to concoct a fake hand sanitizer.Īuthorities allege that Bharade, 47, then put the mix into bottles, 14 of which she sold at $2.50 each, to an unknown number of customers.
Internet retailers such as eBay and Amazon have been policing their listings for people reselling hand sanitizer, often for over a hundred dollars for a bottle. A New Jersey convenience store owner is accused of concocting and selling a fake "hand sanitizer" that burned four children, The New York Post reports.Īs coronavirus spreads and, along with it, misinformation and, in some cases, panic, there's a shortage of hand sanitizer.
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