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SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of men who prosecutors say were running their own private investigator business have been charged in 3rd District Court with not being licensed.
The men were 19 and 20 years old.
The two actually went to the Bureau of Criminal Identification at one point to inquire about a license, said Department of Public Safety spokesman Dwayne Baird, but they learned that in order to qualify, they needed to be at least 21.
That apparently didn't stop them from opening their own business, Baird said. The two advertised on Facebook and were up front about not being licensed, he said. They still, however, got clients.
In February, a real investigator with the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification spotted one of their Facebook ads. Acting in an undercover role, the law enforcer emailed the two and asked if they would investigate his wife, according to court documents.
The men agreed to hold surveillance on his wife for $20 an hour. The men later met with the undercover officer.
Both were each charged with acting as a private investigator without a license, a class A misdemeanor.
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