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Bitcoin case: High Court refers Craig Wright to CPS and orders him cough up over £5m in costs LAW A judge is referring Craig Wright over to the Crown Prosecution Service after he "lied to the court extensively and repeatedly” in the Bitcoin case earlier this year
“Lied extensively and repeatedly”: Craig Wright slammed for High Court evidence in bitcoin trial May 20, 2024 Craig Wright is not the inventor of Bitcoin, a judge ruled in a case brought by a host of crypto companies
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High Court rules that self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator is not ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ March 14, 2024 Australian computer scientist Dr Craig Wright has long claimed to be behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, the name used by the person who authored the Bitcoin White Paper.
London Bitcoin trial: Self-proclaimed creator ‘lied on an extraordinary scale’ March 12, 2024 "Wright has been shown to have lied on an extraordinary scale, and it is difficult to think of a precedent for what he has done."
Bitcoin trial: Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor claim is a “brazen lie” says lawyer February 5, 2024 The claims of a man who purports to be the creator of the first ever cryptocurrency are based on “a brazen lie”, a senior lawyer told the High Court today. Australian computer scientist Dr Craig Wright has long claimed to be behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, the name used by the person authored the Bitcoin [...]