John v. Department of State, Division of Licensing

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellants seek review of a final order of the Department of State, Division of Licensing, by which appellants were found to be in violation of the statute governing the licensing of private investigators and were ordered to cease performing any private investigative work. We find that the department failed to sufficiently inform appellants of the charges against them before issuing its final order and reverse.

After an inquiry into the activities being conducted by appellants’ business, the department determined in October 1987 that the business was being operated as a…