The Coin Shark: The Cofounder of the Infamous Cryptocurrency Exchange QuadrigaCX Turned Out to Be a Convicted Criminal

  • Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:30
The digital assets exchange platform QuadrigaCX has recently become an epicenter of various scandals and controversies. We have already reported earlier about another cofounder of the exchange Gerald Cotten. Cotten died in the age of 30, leaving his wife and the exchange employees with massive amounts of missing money and the total confusion in the financial situation on the platform, considering the fact that he mixed his own funds with the funds of Quadriga. However, now the exchange has to deal with an even more serious issue. It is suspected that the second cofounder of QuadrigaCX, Michael Patryn changed his name to escape criminal prosecution. According to the report made by Bloomberg, Michael Patryn might be the same person as Omar Dhanani, a person suspected of committing multiple offenses in the United States. Allegedly, Dhanani changed his last and first name in 2003 and 2008 correspondingly, after being convicted in multiple crimes, including credit card scams, identity theft, burglary, larceny, and receiving a 18-month sentence in federal prison. Michael Patryn denies all the accusations and claims that Omar and him are two completely different people. However, he failed to provide any decent proof of his activities starting from the early 2000s. Patryn only mentioned that he worked for various crypto-related businesses during that time period. The Canadian authorities are currently investigating the situation at the exchange QuadrigaCX, regarding both the financial troubles caused by Gerald Cotten and the accusations against Michael Patryn or Oman Dhanani. Subscribe to The Coin Shark news in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coinshark/

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