According to a Bloomberg story, Quadrigacx co-founder Michael Patryn is a convicted felon named Omar Dhanani.
Dhanani was previously convicted of identity theft in connection with bank and credit card fraud and sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison in the United States.
He was eventually deported to Canada.
Who Is Omar Dhanani QuadrigaCX?
In 2013, Dhanani co-founded the struggling Canadian exchange Quadrigacx with the late Gerald Cotten. A Quadrigacx co-founder is a convicted fraudster.
In March 2003, he allegedly changed his name from Omar Dhanani to Omar Patryn with the British Columbia government. According to the news agency, Dhanani changed his identity to Michael Patryn in 2008 after registering a new name in the same Canadian province.
Dhanani was charged with multiple felonies in the United States, including conspiracy to conduct credit and bank card fraud in 2005, according to Bloomberg, citing a statement from the United States Justice Department.
At the time, he was just 22 years old. According to the complaint, Dhanani reportedly ran a website called shadowcrew.com, which is now defunct, and sold 1.5 million stolen credit and bank card details.
Where Is Oman Dhanani Now 2022?
Oman’s present whereabouts are unknown. He has, naturally, mostly vanished from public view, with no known social media presence.
If he is still active on social media, his accounts are almost definitely anonymous or set to private.
In 2007, he admitted to a slew of unrelated offenses, including burglary, grand theft, and computer fraud.
He served 18 months in prison for some of his criminal convictions before being deported to Canada, where he remade himself as a cryptocurrency trader.
Dhanani, currently located in Vietnam, defines himself as a “fintech adviser and portfolio manager” and is the founder and chairman of Ventures Group, a Canadian blockchain incubator (FVG).
Oman Dhanani Net Worth -How Much Does He Earn?
Oman Dhanani’s net worth is no longer available on the internet as of 2022.
However, because he was involved in money laundering and cryptocurrencies, he may have amassed a fortune.
Oman allegedly quit Quadrigacx in 2016 due to fundamental issues with CEO Gerald Cotten about the company’s ambitions to go public.
Oman was revealed to be 0xSifu, an unknown cryptocurrency engineer who handled the Defi cryptocurrency Wonderland’s treasury in January 2022.
Dhanani handled roughly $1 billion in assets in the Wonderland Treasury at its peak.