On Tuesday, a judge at London’s High Court referred Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, who had claimed to have invented Bitcoin, to British prosecutors for alleged perjury. The judge concluded that he had “extensively and repeatedly” lied to substantiate his false claim.Wright had sought to establish himself as the original creator of Bitcoin, claiming intellectual property rights, including copyright ownership of the bitcoin white paper and initial versions of the bitcoin software.This development follows a damning ruling by London’s High Court judge, James Mellor, who found overwhelming evidence refuting Wright’s claims of being Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. In a March verdict, Judge Mellor concluded that Wright had misled the court extensively to bolster his false assertions. This ruling emerged from a trial initiated by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) to shield Bitcoin developers from Wright’s legal threats grounded in his disputed authorship claims.Interestingly, Danny Knight, a Twitter user, had posted a video of Craig Wright talking about how he first read about Bitcoin in 2008.
#faketoshi slipping up here like he always does:"I remember reading about it"
Is not what you say when you wrote it….
Because he didn't#bitcoin pic.twitter.com/9meuIn6cQB— Danny (@danny_knight) June 14, 2019
High Court refers case to Crown Prosecution Service
Judge Mellor’s written ruling on Tuesday stated that he would refer the case to Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider whether Wright should be charged with perjury for lying under oath. He emphasized that if Wright’s actions did not merit such referral, it’s difficult to envision a case that would.Mellor said,I have no doubt that I should refer the relevant papers in this case to the CPS for consideration of whether a prosecution should be commenced against Dr Wright for his wholescale perjury and forgery of documents and/or whether a warrant for his arrest should be issued and/or whether his extradition should be sought from wherever he now is.