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UK Judge Directs Craig Wright\'s Bitcoin Authorship Case to CPS

Jul 18, 2024 am 11:34 AM

The Bitcoin authorship saga continues after a UK judge directed Craig Wright's case to British prosecutors for alleged perjury and forgery of documents.

UK Judge Directs Craig Wright's Bitcoin Authorship Case to CPS

A UK High Court judge has directed the case of Craig Wright, who claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin, to British prosecutors for alleged perjury and forgery of documents.

The direction follows the latest ruling in the legal battle between the Australian computer scientist and the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA).

In May, Judge James Mellor concluded that Wright was not Bitcoin’s creator as the plaintiff provided “overwhelming evidence” to debunk these claims.

Additionally, Judge Mellor granted a Worldwide Freezing Order (WFO) of $7.6 million in Wright’s assets due to the high avoidance risk of the case’s payment costs.

Some of the defendant’s moves and transactions raised the alarm and led the plaintiff to believe Wright could try to evade the “costs and consequences of his loss at trial.”

According to the ruling, COPA presented a “very powerful” claim to be awarded a substantial sum. The judge considered Wright’s “history of default about orders for the payment of money” and his lying track record required the WFO.

In the latest development, COPA’s request to refer the papers to Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was granted on Tuesday.

Judge Mellor argued that “if what happened with this case does not warrant referral to the CPS, it is difficult to envisage a case which would.”

The UK judge believes Wright’s “sinister and mendacious” campaign to back his claim requires an “extraordinary” response.

As a result, the case was directed to the CPS to consider whether Wright should be prosecuted for “wholescale perjury and forgery of documents.”

“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. All those matters are to be decided by the CPS,” the document states.

Moreover, the document states that the Australian computer scientist’s whereabouts are unknown. Evidence presented by COPA revealed that Wright left his previous residence at Wimbledon and has seemingly left the UK.

Wright is seemingly traveling in countries under the UTC +7 time zone, which includes locations in Russia’s Siberia and Southeast Asia. Ultimately, the court believes that Wright committed a “most serious abuse” of the process of UK, Norway, and USA courts to advance his claims of being Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin’s creator.

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