Craig Wright, who once claimed to be long-sought Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto, has been sued for stealing $5 billion in bitcoin from a former business partner.
Filed in the Florida District court earlier this month, the lawsuit alleges that Wright participated in a joint bitcoin-mining venture with the now-deceased IT consultant Dave Kleiman, ultimately mining between 550,000 and 1,100,000 bitcoin. According to the plaintiffs, Wright forged and back-dated a number of documents after Kleiman’s death in order to make it appear that the co-founder had signed away his shares.
Kleiman’s estate, represented by his brother Ira, seeks the return of those bitcoin, which would now be worth over $10 billion. According to the lawsuit, the...
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