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A New York City pharmacist is under investigation for “exploiting the present Covid-19 pandemic and engaging in price gouging,” according to a search warrant application unsealed earlier this week in federal court. 本周早些时候，联邦法院公布了一份搜查令申请，要调查一位纽约市的药剂师，因其“利用当前的新冠疫情牟利，涉嫌哄抬物价”。 In early April, says the government filing, an informant contacted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, with a tip that the retail pharmacist, Richard Schirripa, was selling personal protective equipment, or PPE, to New Yorkers at up to 15 times the regular price. 政府文件中说，4月初，一位举报者联系国土安全调查局，就是美国国土安全部的调查机构，说零售药店的药剂师Richard Schirripa正在向纽约市民出售个人防护用品，价格是平时的15倍之多。 Some weeks earlier, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had established anti-hoarding measures for various “scarce” materials during the coronavirus pandemic. The list included, among other things, medical-grade PPE such as N95 respirator masks meant for doctors, nurses, and first responders. Around the same time, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a task force that would combat hoarding and price gouging. 几周前美国卫生与公众服务部出台了针对新冠疫情期间各种“短缺”物资的反囤积措施。物资清单中包括医疗级个人防护用品，如医生、护士和急救人员用的N95口罩。同时美国司法部宣布组建工作队打击囤积和哄抬物价的行为。 | 
