TDLR undercover sting busts unlicensed contractors [Video]

HOUSTON – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation says it just busted many unlicensed contractors in a sting.

TDLR officials say they found 102 violations of unlicensed electricians and air conditioning contractors in a recent bust in the Austin area.

Investigators say they conduct these stings along with multiple other states, working with the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies, as the problem can happen anywhere.

TDLR says it contacted people advertising electrical and air conditioning services in newspapers and on social media without including the required licensing information.

Investigators then invited them to a location to bid on a job, where they slapped them with 102 violations, mostly for being unlicensed.

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They say one of them bid $5,400 on behalf of his unlicensed company, then said he could do the work himself for half the price. But he wasn’t …