Credential scheme puts Coast Guard, Va. maritime academy on alert

Credential scheme puts Coast Guard, Va. maritime academy on alert

In the months following a federal indictment in which four men were charged with selling phony U.S. Coast Guard credentials from Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA), the service has established a task force to identify mariners who obtained a merchant mariner credential (MMC) or endorsement by fraudulent means and to initiate enforcement action against them. “The United States Marine Transportation System…
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