An Aurora-based company found to be creating and selling false official documents was banned from doing business in Colorado under an agreement announced Wednesday by Attorney General Phil Weiser. 

The company, PropDoks, owned by Erdis Moore III, claimed to make fake documents for theatrical and educational use. But its website listed ways to use the documents for fraud and warned consumers not to tell the company what they were using the documents for.

Weiser originally asked a judge to stop PropDoks’ operations in August when an investigation found it creating fake legal documents such as vehicle titles, tax documents, work history and background verification and military deployment papers, some of which had forged judicial signatures, according to the release.

Further investigation found that employees were also selling “credit privacy numbers,” fake social security numbers, and “authorized user tradelines” — a way for people to raise their credit score by using other peoples’ credit profiles, both marketed to customers as a way to “reset” their credit. 

The Attorney General’s investigation showed that the company was clear in their intentions, telling customers: “We Make Proof of Almost Anything.” 

Their website and storefront claimed their documents were for prop, theatrical or educational use only, cautioning customers not to tell the company how they would use the products, according to a news release from Weiser’s office in August.

Meanwhile, language on their website suggested how to use the documents for fraud, which is a violation of state consumer protection laws, according to the August release.

Investigators went undercover and found they could “easily” buy fake documents and saw many other customers purchase them as well. The company sold an undercover investigator false documents three times, according to court documents.

The investigator first was able to buy a false tax document for the year 2022 with no language stating that it was false.

The investigator was then able to buy a false temporary license plate, which had “very small lettering” at the bottom saying it was a prop, and an insurance card, which said it was for video prop use only in light text interspersed with dashes where the tag would be cut out or hidden by a tag holder on a car.

She then placed a third order for an Emergency Protection Order and a Court Order for Allocation of Child Custody, both with false judicial signatures and neither with a disclaimer saying it was false or a prop.

Attorney General Weiser won a second ruling against PropDoks in September, forcing the business to again stop its operations temporarily.

When the investigator purchased the documents with a credit card, she was charged “Denver sales tax,” but the City of Denver has no record of the business being registered with the city or having paid sales tax to the city.

On Wednesday, PropDoks was permanently banned from doing business here and has to pay $20,000 to the state to be used for restitution, consumer education or consumer protection enforcement, or efforts to advance the public welfare. 

“This agreement means the days of PropDoks and the company’s owners profiting from creating fraudulent documents and other illegal services are over,” Weiser said in the news release. “While the company tried to play off their unconscionable behavior as harmless, we held them accountable under the law. I will continue to hold accountable any business that seeks to defraud or deceive consumers.” 

Anyone who knows or believes they may be the victim of fake document fraud, credit fraud or any fraud or scam should file a report with the attorney general at StopFraudColorado.gov.

The company does not seem to have a website online and the owner did not reply to a Denver Gazette reporter’s request for comment Thursday.