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  1. # Michael Patryn
  2. aka. Omar Dhanani
  3. aka. Omar Patryn
  4. ## 2004-10-28
  5.  
  6. Arrested and convicted in California under the name of Omar Dhanani as a member of Shadowcrew, an organization trafficking stolen credit and identity information primarily using E-Gold
  7.  
  8. IMPORTANT: Omar Dhanani used the alias Voleur (french for "thief") during his time with Shadowcrew. This is one of the primary connecting threads between the Omar Dhanani and his later aliases as Patryn, owner of VFS-NETWORKS
  9.  
  10. https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2005/November/05_crm_619.html
  11.  
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216063323/http://www.secretservice.gov/press/pub2304.pdf
  13.  
  14. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nj/legacy/2013/11/29/Kolarov%2C%20Aleksi%20Indictment.pdf
  15. ### 2004-10-04
  16.  
  17. According to a Bloomberg article from January 2006 citing a United States Secret Service affidavit, Omar:
  18.  
  19. "boasted in a chat room that he moved between $40,000 and $100,000 a week. He pled guilty in November to conspiracy to commit fraud and faces up to five years in prison."
  20.  
  21. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-01-08/gold-rush
  22. ## 2004-10-29
  23.  
  24. Users on Talkgold forum begin discussing the possibility that a prolific user on the forum, "Patryn" is actually Omar Dhanani.
  25.  
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510055547/http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r256207-.html
  27. ## 2005-11-18
  28.  
  29. An article in The Register describes how Omar Dahnani and 5 others plead guilty to charges laid on them in November 2014:
  30.  
  31. "The group of six pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud in New Jersey on Thursday in exchange for the state dropping other charges pending against them, Wired reports. They were named as: Andrew Mantovani, 23, and Brandon Monchamp, 22, of Arizona; Kim Taylor, 47, and Omar Dhanani, 22, of California; Jeremy Stephens, 31, of North Carolina; and Jeremy Zielinski, 22, of Florida. In total, 12 people have now pleaded guilty to Shadowcrew-related charges."
  32.  
  33. "Shadowcrew members are expected to be sentenced between mid-February and mid-March 2006."
  34.  
  35. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/shadowcrew/
  36. ## 2007-05-23
  37.  
  38. According to US Federal Prison Records, an Omar Dhanani is released from Federal Prison
  39.  
  40. https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/
  41.  
  42. ## 2008-04-03
  43.  
  44. MIDAS GOLD Exchange is registered in Canada
  45. under the name Omar Patryn
  46.  
  47. Specialized in processing anonymous purchases and sale of early digital currencies, particularly Liberty Reserve. (Liberty Reserve was shut down in 2013 for money laundering and facilitating identity theft, credit card theft, narcotics trafficking, and child pornography)
  48.  
  49. https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=6951198&V_TOKEN=1511930988373&crpNm=&crpNmbr=695119-8&bsNmbr=
  50.  
  51. http://www.hyipforum.pl/topic/779-m-gold-midas-gold-exchange-obni%C5%BCona-prowizja-dla-forumowicz%C3%B3w/
  52. ## 2008-05-30
  53.  
  54. DNSGEO.COM domain is registered in Panama
  55.  
  56. This domain was used as an alternative gateway to VFS-NETWORK.COM as seen in the internet archive
  57.  
  58. https://web.archive.org/web/20110207131437/http://dnsgeo.com/
  59.  
  60. https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=dnsgeo.com
  61.  
  62. for comparison:
  63. https://web.archive.org/web/20101218100404/http://vfs-network.com/
  64. ### Reports from users claim that phishing emails we're received from this domain (DNSGEO.COM) shortly after disputing problems with MIDAS GOLD withdrawals and deposits.
  65. Images are included.
  66.  
  67. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/midas-gold-exchange-c440529.html
  68. ## 2008-08-27
  69.  
  70. HD-MONEY.COM domain is registered  as being located in the Bahamas
  71.  
  72. https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=www.hd-money.com
  73. ## 2009-02-09
  74.  
  75. VFS-NETWORK.com domain is registered
  76. (Voleur Financial Services)
  77.  
  78. https://web.archive.org/web/20090225095825/http://www.vfs-network.com:80/
  79.  
  80. VFS Network was an exchange network bringing together
  81. e-money services like Liberty Reserve and other Omar/Michael projects like HD-MONEY.COM, XXX-CHANGE.COM and MIDAS GOLD.
  82.  
  83. Website now points to dns.shadowserver.org, a volunteer service often used by legal authorities to capture data from incoming traffic to the webpage (Was used by authorities after Liberty Reserve's domain was seized)
  84.  
  85. https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=vfs-network.com
  86.  
  87. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/05/reports-liberty-reserve-founder-arrested-site-shuttered/#more-20723
  88. ### 2009-10-02
  89.  
  90. VFS-Network publishes that they have met with the management of Liberty Reserve
  91.  
  92. https://web.archive.org/web/20101129134240/http://vfs-network.com/main.htm
  93. ### NOTE: Voleur is mentioned as an alias by users on dreamteammoney.com, along with complaints related to MIDAS GOLD. These complaints relate a MIDAS GOLD policy of withholding client's funds depending on how many emails they sent asking about the status of their funds.
  94.  
  95. http://www.dreamteammoney.com/index.php?showtopic=130170&hl=voleur
  96.  
  97.  
  98. ### IMPORTANT: "OWNER" of VFS-NETWORK frequently appears online under the name of Patryn, connecting the alias to Omar Patryn of MIDAS GOLD, although Patryn can be found denying any relationship whatsoever between the businesses. In the same thread below on ComplaintsBoard, Patryn posts with a VFS-NETWORK avatar while describing why he, as an administrator on a MIDAS GOLD-managed forum deleted posts of users making complaints.
  99.  
  100.  
  101. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/midas-gold-exchange-c286802.html#c546412
  102.  
  103. http://www.realscam.com/members/patryn/
  104. ## 2009-05-02
  105.  
  106. HD-MONEY.COM CEO (Michael Patryn aka Omar Dhanani) informs clients that they are  now partnered with Liberty Reserve
  107.  
  108. https://web.archive.org/web/20100115074839/http://www.hd-money.com/User/cms.aspx?Page=ceo
  109. ## 2009-09-10
  110.  
  111. XXX-CHANGE.COM domain is registered (although internet archive shows an xxx-change.com as far back as 2001)
  112.  
  113. Images from internet archive show an important partnership with HD-MONEY and VFS-NETWORK
  114.  
  115. https://web.archive.org/web/20130628192252/http://xxx-change.com:80/
  116. ## 2009-10-22
  117.  
  118. MPD ADVERTISING is founded by Nazin Dhanani and Michael Patryn in Vancouver
  119.  
  120. Nazin is thought to be a sibling of Omar Dhanani aka Michael Patryn
  121.  
  122. http://www.companiesofcanada.com/company/726420-8/mpd-advertising-inc
  123. ## 2009-12-25
  124.  
  125. Complaints surface online about MIDAS GOLD withholding funds with recommendations to report to the Canadian police
  126.  
  127. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/perfect-money-corporation-c287831.html#c546416
  128. ## 2009-12-30
  129.  
  130. MIDAS GOLD business registration is dissolved by Omar Patryn, but forums show that services continued well into 2011
  131.  
  132. https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=6951198&V_TOKEN=1511930988373&crpNm=&crpNmbr=695119-8&bsNmbr=
  133. ###
  134. Around December 2009 , reports begin to surface of payment processors closing down MIDAS GOLD accounts due to overwhelming amounts of complaints from MIDAS GOLD users not receiving their funds from MIDAS GOLD. Omar/Michael himself responds in the thread
  135.  
  136. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/midas-gold-exchange-c286802.html
  137. ### In the same year, Liberty Reserve is investigated by Costa Rican
  138. authorities due to questions as to their funding sources. By 2011 they are denied a business license for these reasons and forced to dissolve. Liberty Reserve continues to do business illegally by routing through 5 separate Costa Rican corporate entities.
  139.  
  140. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Reserve#Criminal_investigation_and_charges
  141. ### MIDAS GOLD would be seized by the United States Global Illicit Financial Team sometime between 2010-2011
  142.  
  143. http://m-gold.com/index.html
  144. ## 2013-06-13
  145.  
  146. Extremely dubious reports of the arrest of an Omar Dhanani in Montreal for money laundering crimes appear on press release websites (very unreliable reports)
  147.  
  148. https://www.businesspress24.com/pressrelease1236813/omar-dhanani-arrested-in-montreal.html
  149.  
  150. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701234632/http://internetcybercrime.com/montreal-omar-dhanani-arrested-for-money-laundering/
  151.  
  152. http://www.realscam.com/attachments/f29/4517d1371775999-welcome-patryn-omar.jpg
  153. ## 2014-04-17
  154.  
  155. Michael Patryn is nominated to the Bitcoin Foundation by Francis Pouliot, who states in his nomination:
  156.  
  157. "Michael Patryn has been working with digital currencies since 2002 in the capacity of financial consultant, market maker, and exchanger. As a venture capitalist, Michael has actively invested with and supported over twenty companies within the digital currency space."
  158. ### Which 20 companies? 2002 would be the year Omar Dhanani was working with Shadowcrew laundering funds using E-Gold.
  159. ## 2014-01-26
  160.  
  161. A profile of Michael Patryn is published on the Lifeboat Foundation website listing him as Director of VFS SECURITIES.
  162. ## 2014-11-12
  163.  
  164. Quadriga Fintech Solutions is founded by Gerald Cotton and Michael Patryn (Only Gerald Cotton is listed on the SEDAR page for the company).
  165.  
  166. https://sedar.com/DisplayProfile.do?lang=EN&issuerType=03&issuerNo=00037030
  167. *XMind: ZEN - Trial Version*
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