First
Incident in Nation
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—An Indiana company and two of its
officers were indicted yesterday for violating the tire rationing program that
has been in place since December 27 last. A Federal grand jury for southern
Indiana returned the indictment against the LaSalle Motor Sales Corporation of
Boonville, Ind., and two of its officers. The company and its officers are
accused of engaging in so-called chiseling. Chiseling is the practice of
selling more of a rationed good than allotted by a consumer’s coupons. This
practice is illegal and a violation of the federal rationing program
administered by the Office of Price Administration (OPA). The district attorney
stated this was the first indictment in a case of chiseling anywhere in the
nation.
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