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Criminal Past Haunts Surviving Founder of Troubled Crypto Exchange

  • Records show Michael Patryn changed name twice in five years
  • Says split with crypto exchange’s late CEO was over listing
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Crypto CEO Dies Holding the Only Passwords That Can Unlock Millions
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His crimes: identity theft related to a bank-and-credit card scam. His sentence: 18 months in U.S. federal prison and, later, deportation to Canada.

Once there, Omar Dhanani underwent a remarkable transformation -- into a new identity and the wild world of cryptocurrencies.