so my idea is…another group called SCP Federation, Steal,Convert,Profit. their goal is to steal anomalous objects, or acquire them before SCP, then convert the items into weapons that use the anomalous effects to the users advantage, and sell them for profit. a perfect foil for the SCP, because the foundation wants to cover up SCP,s and the federation wants to put them out there.
Very unlikely to work.
The Serpent's Hand is all about the spread of knowledge, which includes the knowledge that anomalies exist. Then you have MC&D, which sells anomalous objects at auction. Then you've got the Chaos Insurgency, which is a Foundation offshoot that's gone rogue and is generally trying to control the world via use of anomalies.
Besides, even if you got past those hurdles of similarity, the name's gonna be an issue that needs to change.
This sounds a lot like Marshal, Carter, and Dark. They're in the business of selling objects to the highest bidder purely for profit and nothing else. Your idea doesn't do enough to make itself stand out from other GoIs that revolve around using anomalies to make a profit, like MCD, but also like Prometheus Labs, which also attempts to use anomalies for profit, although more corporate like and has less of an underground crime network feeling to it.
In other words, I would recommend trying to make it different from those other two. Whether it be through direct motives or an overall feeling for the group.
thanks everyone for the help! now i can, hopefully, change/ add things to make SCP-Fed a better GoI
You might want to re-pitch the idea again when you've made fixes, to make sure you're on the right track.