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Wolodumir "Walter" Stadnick, also known as "Nurget" was born August 3, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario.
Standing at 5’4, Stadnick was considered the Hells Angels "golden boy". He was very ambitious; joining the biker gang and quickly rose through the ranks he received his full patch on May 26, 1982. In the 1990s, Stadnick served as the national president of the Hells Angels.
Stadnick was very intelligent; he knew how to keep out of trouble. Since Stadnick had connections across the country he became the Hells Angels Ambassador. Travelling all over the country to recruit bikers and proceed with drug sales. Prior to Stadnick’s membership with the Angels, the Club was a mess. Most of the Northern bikers were cocaine addicts who weren’t interested in the business. Upon Stadnick’s presidency, he built the Angels into the organization they are today. It was at this time Stadnick and close friend Maurice Boucher founded that chapter Nomads with 8 other members. In 1992, Stadnick was caught in a Winnipeg International Airport with over $80,000 worth of cash and charged with possession of proceeds of drug sales. Charges were dropped when he settled on forfeiting the money.
In 2003, when Stadnick was arrested in Jamaica, Canadian authorities wanted to try Stadnik for “13 counts of murder, 3 counts of attempted murder, 1 count of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of narcotics trafficking and two counts of attempting to smuggle narcotics”.
"On September 13, 2004, Stadnik was sentenced to 20 years' jail for a collection of convictions including conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking involvement in gang activities."
Stadnick was "transferred from a medium to a maximum-security prison in 2006 and 2009 for illegal trafficking activities and large-scale loansharking" in the Kingston area prison.
Stadnick was paroled in June 2014, lasting less than a month due to suspicion that he was associating with people with criminal records as well as the biker club. He was able to convince the board to reinstate his freedom in December 2014. "He will have unrestricted freedom beginning April 12, 2019. Until then, Stadnick is under extremely strict conditions, including: avoid people in street and motorcycle gangs (any person known to be a hang around or wannabe of any outlaw motorcycle gang), barred from owning more than one cellphone and must show his parole officers detailed billing statements for it, including documentation of who he texts and emails and what social media sites he visits. He also can’t consume alcohol or go to bars or own or operate a motorcycle or work in motorcycle repair. He must also obey a curfew that runs between 9 p.m and 6 a.m. Given his past criminal spending habits, and amounts of money within drug trafficking the Board will monitor his revenues and expenses."