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In the wake of the tsunami that devastated villages and killed tens of thousands in Southeast Asia on Dec. 26, there was a second wave of well-meaning volunteers rushing to the region to help rebuild.
It was in this pandemonium, MSNBC.com has learned, that an American with felony convictions for drug trafficking, sexual assault and check fraud surfaced to run an orphanage in Sri Lanka for more than two months. The judo master from San Diego, with a trail of aliases and deception, raised tens of thousands of dollars at the childrens facility before fleeing the country in the face of an investigation.
The man, Daniel Curry, 37, is actually Daniel Wooley, 41, and is also known as Daniel Taze the latter a registered sex offender in California. He used the name Fogg while serving time in a Mexican prison for drug trafficking. Somewhere along the way, presumably after his release from prison in March 2003 he linked up with Michelle Curry, a computer professional in San Diego, and started using her surname.
No formal charges have been filed against Wooley, according to Harendra Da Silva, director of Sri Lankas National Child Protection Agency, who communicated with MSNBC.com by e-mail. But the agency is looking into several major concerns: A man on a sex offenders list being in charge of an orphanage; fundraising in the name of tsunami for a non-tsunami orphanage; the Criminal Investigation Department has been informed of possible fraud.
Michelle Curry, who is about 30, remains in Sri Lanka banned from the orphanage along with all other foreigners for the duration of the investigation. She says the probe is completely unwarranted, sparked by backbiting among aid workers and corruption in Sri Lanka. As for her partner Daniels checkered past, she says: He has completely turned around... He is putting everything into helping people.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8007512/
It was in this pandemonium, MSNBC.com has learned, that an American with felony convictions for drug trafficking, sexual assault and check fraud surfaced to run an orphanage in Sri Lanka for more than two months. The judo master from San Diego, with a trail of aliases and deception, raised tens of thousands of dollars at the childrens facility before fleeing the country in the face of an investigation.
The man, Daniel Curry, 37, is actually Daniel Wooley, 41, and is also known as Daniel Taze the latter a registered sex offender in California. He used the name Fogg while serving time in a Mexican prison for drug trafficking. Somewhere along the way, presumably after his release from prison in March 2003 he linked up with Michelle Curry, a computer professional in San Diego, and started using her surname.
No formal charges have been filed against Wooley, according to Harendra Da Silva, director of Sri Lankas National Child Protection Agency, who communicated with MSNBC.com by e-mail. But the agency is looking into several major concerns: A man on a sex offenders list being in charge of an orphanage; fundraising in the name of tsunami for a non-tsunami orphanage; the Criminal Investigation Department has been informed of possible fraud.
Michelle Curry, who is about 30, remains in Sri Lanka banned from the orphanage along with all other foreigners for the duration of the investigation. She says the probe is completely unwarranted, sparked by backbiting among aid workers and corruption in Sri Lanka. As for her partner Daniels checkered past, she says: He has completely turned around... He is putting everything into helping people.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8007512/