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Russian criminals were stealing rich boys million dollar yachts a few years ago.
They would board the ships when the skeleton crew was off the ship.
They would take the transponder, and put in model hobby ships.
The owner, and authorities thought their yacht was exactly where they left it.
The Russian thieves would take the yachts back to Russia.
(I thought is was clever. They stole millions of dollars in terms of yachts, and were eventually caught buy Interpol.
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Russian criminals were stealing rich boys million dollar yachts a few years ago.
They would board the ships when the skeleton crew was off the ship.
They would take the transponder, and put in model hobby ships.
The owner, and authorities thought their yacht was exactly where they left it.
The Russian thieves would take the yachts back to Russia.
(I thought is was clever. They stole millions of dollars in terms of yachts, and were eventually caught buy Interpol.