Jersey City has slapped a dollar store with $90,000 in fines after accusing the owners of exploiting the coronavirus crisis by overcharging customers for cleaning supplies.

Municipal Prosecutor Jake Hudnut, who heads the city’s Quality of Life Task Force, said the 99 Cent Dream store on Newark Avenue was issued nine tickets — at $10,000 per offense — for inflating the price of disinfectant wipes, disinfectant sprays and rubbing alcohol.

“The city received concerns through social media that certain stores were raising the cost of cleaning and disinfectant supplies,” Hudnut said. “As always with our quality-of-life enforcement, the number one goal is compliance rather than punishment.”

The two owners of 99 cent Dream could not be reached for comment Friday.

Hudnut said first offenses are $10,000 each and any offense that follows carries with it a $20,000 fine.

“The officers did have a conversation with the store owners that responded, we do believe that the prices were returned or lowered to the lawful amounts after our response,” Hudnut said.

Mayor Steve Fulop, who was with Hudnut at the store Thursday, tweeted footage of officers looking through the store. One example of the price gouging at the store was a bottle of rubbing alcohol raised from $2.99 to $6.99, Fulop said.

“We won’t accept people taking advantage of residents,” Fulop tweeted. “People sometimes can be terrible in how they treat each other.”

I’m w/ Prosecutor @JakeHudnut + JCPD issuing tickets for price gouging. We won’t accept people taking advantage of residents. Tissues, Clorox, cleaning items, all doubling +. Rubbing alcohol went from $2.99 to $6.99. People sometimes can be terrible in how they treat eachother.. pic.twitter.com/GarSAkAW35 — Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) March 12, 2020

Since Fulop’s tweet Thursday, the city has received reports of 10 stores price gouging. Hudnut said he was checking out those stores — a collection of corner stores, bodegas and food stores — Friday.

City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said the Quality of Life Task Force will continue to investigate stores that maybe inflating prices in the upcoming weeks to protect residents during this COVID-19 outbreak.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday that New Jersey has a total of 50 cases of coronavirus, including three in Hudson County.

COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, has sickened more than 1,800 people nationwide and led to at least 40 deaths.

According to the state Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA), New Jersey’s price gouging law prohibits excessive price increases during a declared state of emergency, or for 30 days after the termination of the state of emergency. Excessive price increases are defined as price increases that are more than 10 percent higher than the price before the state of emergency.

“We appreciate people reporting to us and we know that we are all in this together, consumers and business owners alike,” Hudnut said. “We just want everybody to operate within the parameters of the law.”

Hudnut said residents who believe a store is price gouging should call the police department at 201-547-5477 or the state DCA at 800-242-5846.