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Callum Parke

FOUND: Computer scientist behind false bitcoin founder claim facing contempt case - You Need To See This

Lawyers for a non-profit group have called for Dr Craig Wright to be jailed for contempt (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Archive)

A computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the founder of Bitcoin should be jailed for contempt of court after launching a legal claim for more than £900 billion in breach of a court order, the High Court has been told.

A judge found in March that Dr Craig Wright had “lied extensively” about whether he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym attributed to the person widely credited with establishing the cryptocurrency.

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