{"id":226825,"date":"2024-06-01T01:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T01:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/craig-wright-lied-and-forged-documents-judge-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:13","slug":"craig-wright-lied-and-forged-documents-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/craig-wright-lied-and-forged-documents-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Wright Lied and Forged Documents: Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA2NTY3MjEwMTYyODU3Njc4\/screenshot-2024-05-20-at-82017am.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A UK judge has ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/tags\/craig-wright\">Craig Wright<\/a>, who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, lied extensively and forged documents during a high-profile trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1o5pAmPnrOYh5zuTZQESMX5-ydefBGF-T\/view\">In a scathing 231-page judgment<\/a>, Justice James Mellor stated that Wright &#8220;lied to the court repeatedly&#8221; and committed forgery &#8220;on a grand scale&#8221; in a failed attempt to prove he was Nakamoto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A group of crypto firms brought the civil trial, the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), that sought to prevent Wright from claiming he invented Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Judge has just published his ruling in the COPA vs Craig Wright lawsuit that Craig is not Satoshi Nakamoto.<\/p>\n<p>Massive victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rCSewIhsA9\">pic.twitter.com\/rCSewIhsA9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1792498865968415120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mellor wrote that Wright presented fake documents and gave false testimony in support of &#8220;his biggest lie &#8211; his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The judge determined Wright is neither the author of the Bitcoin white paper nor the person behind the Satoshi pseudonym from 2008-2011.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Mellor ruled Wright does not have copyright ownership that would enable him to sue Bitcoin developers, as he has done in the past. <\/p>\n<p>The judge slammed Wright&#8217;s narrative as &#8220;riddled with inconsistencies and absurd explanations&#8221; and said Wright was &#8220;not nearly as clever as he thinks he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/tags\/copa\">COPA<\/a> lawyers accused Wright of extensive deception and forgery throughout the trial. They also presented technical evidence exposing fake documents Wright justified with &#8220;fluent but ultimately unpersuasive answers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the damning judgment, Wright has already dropped several lawsuits premised on his being Nakamoto. However, Mellor&#8217;s ruling only prevents him from bringing new claims in the UK, not other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>The case has raised questions about Wright&#8217;s litigation funding source. Online gambling tycoon Calvin Ayre is rumored to be backing Wright financially, but both men deny this.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the judge&#8217;s unequivocal findings represent a major blow to Wright&#8217;s reputation and credibility. COPA hopes the judgment will discourage further legal action from Wright despite potential appeals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the Bitcoin community, it provides a major relief from his past claims and litigation threats.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/legal\/craig-wright-lied-and-forged-documents-judge-rules\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A UK judge has ruled that Craig Wright, who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, lied extensively and forged documents during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}