US documentation scam

[NakedCity]

Found this very interesting article about the "Fake" documentation renewal service on Sailing Anarchy. A lot of background on the person doing this and government efforts to stop him. A lawsuit once stated he grossed $35,000 per week !


https://sailinganarchy.com/2022/04/0...-fine-print-2/

[CaptTom]

Originally Posted by NakedCity

Found this very interesting article about the "Fake" documentation renewal service on Sailing Anarchy...

https://sailinganarchy.com/2022/04/0...-fine-print-2/

That's a broken link. Try this one:
https://sailinganarchy.com/2022/04/0...-fine-print-2/

I love the way these rats turn on each other. From that article:

Soria, a Chino Hills, Calif. marine surveyor, got into the renewal business a few years ago along with his wife, the owner of Luxurious Femme LLC. Since then, he seems to have had serious problems with people trying to horn in on his action. He sued his website designer in 2016 for trying to extort $50,000 from him and starting a copycat business, Boatdocumentation.us, that customers were “in no way shape or form able to differentiate” from his oh-so-above-board Maritime Documentation Center. Then he sued his tax advisor over the same thing, accusing his advisor of stealing “proprietary advertising and SEO strategies” and starting yet another clone, USVesselRegistrar. That case settled.

[Chuck34]

Never hurts to keep this thread at the top of the page.
ONLY use the real Coast Guard Doc office to renew. They charge $26 per year to renew, up to 5 years.
There is (at least) one scammer company that will only renew for 5 years at $75/year.