Craig Wright Faces Perjury Investigation Over Claims He Created Bitcoin

A judge in the UK High Court has directed prosecutors to consider bringing criminal charges against computer scientist Craig Wright, after ruling that he lied 'extensively and repeatedly' and committed forgery 'on a grand scale' in service of his quest to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of bitcoin. From a report: In a judgment published Tuesday, Justice James Mellor outlined various injunctions to be imposed upon Wright, after finding in May that he had 'engaged in the deliberate production of false documents to support false claims [to be Satoshi] and use the Courts as a vehicle for fraud.'

By order of the judge, Wright will be prevented from claiming publicly that he is Satoshi and from bringing or threatening legal action in any jurisdiction on that basis. He will be required to pin a notice to the front page of his personal website and X feed detailing the findings against him. The matter, Mellor writes, will also be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the body responsible for prosecuting criminal cases in the UK, 'for consideration of whether a prosecution should be commenced against Dr Wright.' It will be up to the CPS to decide whether the available evidence is sufficient to bring charges against Wright 'for his wholescale perjury and forgery of documents' and 'whether a warrant for his arrest should be issued.'

Read more of this story at Slashdot.