Otis Driftwood
02-09-2007, 10:17 AM
One of my colleagues is on this expat forum. Reading it was pretty funny, so if there's something like this for your town make sure to see your town from the "organized strangers" eyes. Great laughs to be found like the "Nuttos of Munich" thread and the surprising fact that a lot of these foreign people (mostly brits and americans) seem to think staring at people is common thing in Germany. :eek: :confused: Wtf?
Anyway this is a particular nugget of criminal fun I wanted to share with you. Who knows, maybe I just saved your ass...:cool: Here it is:
Back in 2003 there was a fraudster active in Munich who became known locally as "Pat the Conman".
Apparently he used to tour around Europe and turn up at various social groups such as the H3 running clubs. He'd introduce himself as a polo player, or investment guru, or some such who's wallet was stolen and is out of funds due to bank transfer not having arrived. His victims would take sympathy and invite him to stay with them. Whilst enjoying their hospitality he'd proceed to run up unpaid bar bills, accept loans that were never repaid, and engage in outright theft. His various aliases included Pat O'Connell, Pat Hollis, and Pat Luckett.
I don't know whatever became of him or whether he was ever caught.
His Munich victims set up a Yahoo! Group so they could exchange information about him. See: PATtheConMan - Yahoo! Groups
Here are some quotes:
QUOTE
As far as we know, Pat arrived in Munich on Friday Oct 24, 2003 - that's when he contacted John for some crash space because he had been robbed. It was in the course of that week that he "obtained" tickets to Bob Dylan and possibly another concert and stole the guitar. As far as we know he left Munich at the end of that week in early November. We only found out later that he had ripped off Folkladen for the guitar. I set up the Yahoo group after Pat left Munich when it became obvious that he wasn't just a dodgy person but a criminal.
List of sightings:
* 2001 Wicklow, Ireland (attempted to buy some horses)
* May 2001 Taunton, UK
* Dec 2002 Monaco
* May 2003 UK
* Jun 2003 Netherlands
* Jun 2003 Argentina
* Jul 2003 Athens (Stole money)
* Oct 2003 Munich, Germany (Stole money)
* Nov 2003 Madrid and Munich
* Dec 2003 Bern, Swizerland
* Dec 2003 Domenica
* Feb 2004 Lake Como, Italy
* Jun 2004 Gibralta, and Spain
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Pat as suspected left Gibraltar and went to Morrocco, he spent a few months there until I guess he ran out of people to con. He managed to con an old guy out of around 5,000 to 6,000 Euros with his usual sob story and invalid checks. He then left the guy OUR bike as collateral and moved over to Tunisia to 'collect his money' He sent the bike to France and told the guy he'd collect his money and meet him there. Needless to say he never showed up. He was last staying At a hotel in Tunisia but when I called he had already left. Naturally without paying his bill!
QUOTE
The scum was in Gibraltar from around the 20th to the 30th of June 2004. He was staying at The Rocamar Hotel in the neighbouring town of La Linea. Surprise surprise, he left without settling his bill! He claimed to be working for a shipping company as a Captain requiring bunkering facilities in Gibraltar, I know he visited a local bank and while in Gibraltar he decided it would be fun to steal a Triumph T100 Bonneville Motorbike. I have a photocopy of the passport he is using as well as lots of further information gathered from various sources. He used the wire transfer scam and provided documentary evidence to obtain delivery. He is still using a British Passport issued in Belgium showing date of birth as 16-02-61 (I'd guess it should be nearer 1951). His last known address in UK is 127 Slad Road, Stroud, Gloucester. Believed to have a brother living very close, like a couple of streets away. He has string of convictions from all over the place including Vancouver. He is still using a home address of : 7 Coblenz Avenue, Cascades, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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Pat O'Connell was seen week of December 14th in Bern, Switzerland. He stayed at: Hotel Belle Epoque and allegedly ran up a bill of SF 1500.00 before splitting, and alledgedly ripped off computer store, (Netto Computer Shop), for SF 7000.00 who have officially pressed charges for his arrest.
Police contacts:
Germany, Hr. Ehrl, Tegernseer Landstr. 210, 81549 München, Ref. No. PD ZD-ZD 6, 8556-002656-03/1
UK, Metropolitan Police. PC Nick Walton PC431HT Nicholas.Walton@met.police.uk
USA, Det. Michael Solow constable-1850@JUNO.com or solo@polonews.com
Here's the link to the pic:
http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/uploads/monthly_01_2007/post-16-1169638204.jpg
Anyway this is a particular nugget of criminal fun I wanted to share with you. Who knows, maybe I just saved your ass...:cool: Here it is:
Back in 2003 there was a fraudster active in Munich who became known locally as "Pat the Conman".
Apparently he used to tour around Europe and turn up at various social groups such as the H3 running clubs. He'd introduce himself as a polo player, or investment guru, or some such who's wallet was stolen and is out of funds due to bank transfer not having arrived. His victims would take sympathy and invite him to stay with them. Whilst enjoying their hospitality he'd proceed to run up unpaid bar bills, accept loans that were never repaid, and engage in outright theft. His various aliases included Pat O'Connell, Pat Hollis, and Pat Luckett.
I don't know whatever became of him or whether he was ever caught.
His Munich victims set up a Yahoo! Group so they could exchange information about him. See: PATtheConMan - Yahoo! Groups
Here are some quotes:
QUOTE
As far as we know, Pat arrived in Munich on Friday Oct 24, 2003 - that's when he contacted John for some crash space because he had been robbed. It was in the course of that week that he "obtained" tickets to Bob Dylan and possibly another concert and stole the guitar. As far as we know he left Munich at the end of that week in early November. We only found out later that he had ripped off Folkladen for the guitar. I set up the Yahoo group after Pat left Munich when it became obvious that he wasn't just a dodgy person but a criminal.
List of sightings:
* 2001 Wicklow, Ireland (attempted to buy some horses)
* May 2001 Taunton, UK
* Dec 2002 Monaco
* May 2003 UK
* Jun 2003 Netherlands
* Jun 2003 Argentina
* Jul 2003 Athens (Stole money)
* Oct 2003 Munich, Germany (Stole money)
* Nov 2003 Madrid and Munich
* Dec 2003 Bern, Swizerland
* Dec 2003 Domenica
* Feb 2004 Lake Como, Italy
* Jun 2004 Gibralta, and Spain
QUOTE
Pat as suspected left Gibraltar and went to Morrocco, he spent a few months there until I guess he ran out of people to con. He managed to con an old guy out of around 5,000 to 6,000 Euros with his usual sob story and invalid checks. He then left the guy OUR bike as collateral and moved over to Tunisia to 'collect his money' He sent the bike to France and told the guy he'd collect his money and meet him there. Needless to say he never showed up. He was last staying At a hotel in Tunisia but when I called he had already left. Naturally without paying his bill!
QUOTE
The scum was in Gibraltar from around the 20th to the 30th of June 2004. He was staying at The Rocamar Hotel in the neighbouring town of La Linea. Surprise surprise, he left without settling his bill! He claimed to be working for a shipping company as a Captain requiring bunkering facilities in Gibraltar, I know he visited a local bank and while in Gibraltar he decided it would be fun to steal a Triumph T100 Bonneville Motorbike. I have a photocopy of the passport he is using as well as lots of further information gathered from various sources. He used the wire transfer scam and provided documentary evidence to obtain delivery. He is still using a British Passport issued in Belgium showing date of birth as 16-02-61 (I'd guess it should be nearer 1951). His last known address in UK is 127 Slad Road, Stroud, Gloucester. Believed to have a brother living very close, like a couple of streets away. He has string of convictions from all over the place including Vancouver. He is still using a home address of : 7 Coblenz Avenue, Cascades, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
QUOTE
Pat O'Connell was seen week of December 14th in Bern, Switzerland. He stayed at: Hotel Belle Epoque and allegedly ran up a bill of SF 1500.00 before splitting, and alledgedly ripped off computer store, (Netto Computer Shop), for SF 7000.00 who have officially pressed charges for his arrest.
Police contacts:
Germany, Hr. Ehrl, Tegernseer Landstr. 210, 81549 München, Ref. No. PD ZD-ZD 6, 8556-002656-03/1
UK, Metropolitan Police. PC Nick Walton PC431HT Nicholas.Walton@met.police.uk
USA, Det. Michael Solow constable-1850@JUNO.com or solo@polonews.com
Here's the link to the pic:
http://www.toytowngermany.com/forum/uploads/monthly_01_2007/post-16-1169638204.jpg