Bitcoin Inventor Fraudster Craig Wright Facing Perjury and Forgery Charges
Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin, is facing potential prosecution for perjury and forgery. This follows a legal battle with a coalition of cryptocurrency businesses who successfully sued Wright to prevent him from enforcing his false claims in court.
In March 2024, Judge Mr Justice Mellor ruled against Wright, stating that the evidence overwhelmingly proved he was not the author of the Bitcoin white paper. The judge further declared that Wright had lied “extensively and repeatedly” in his evidence, forging documents to support his claim.
Wright's attempt to prove he was Satoshi Nakamoto was deemed a serious abuse of the court's process. His written evidence was identified as potential forgery even before the trial began, and his own expert witnesses appeared to concur. Wright dismissed the allegations, claiming his expert witness was not qualified and that if he had forged the document, it would have been “perfect.”
In a subsequent ruling, Judge Mellor referred the relevant papers to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider criminal charges against Wright. The ruling stated that Wright's actions constituted “a most serious abuse” of the UK, Norwegian, and US court systems.
The CPS will now decide whether to pursue charges of perjury and forgery against Wright, and potentially issue a warrant for his arrest or seek his extradition.
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