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Hunter McKay Bennett, 22, is charged with fraud and theft in Utah.

Bennett allegedly took money for landscaping projects without intending to complete them.

He faces multiple felony charges for similar actions in other cases.

SOUTH JORDAN — A Bluffdale landscaper was charged Thursday with taking money for projects with no intention of finishing them.

Hunter McKay Bennett, 22, is charged in 3rd District Court with communications fraud, theft by deception and engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, second-degree felonies; and doing business without a license, a class B misdemeanor.

Bennett, who worked for Rockpoint Landscaping, was hired by a South Jordan resident in November to "complete a landscaping project valued at $46,800," according to charging documents. "(The

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