Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Bitcoin ‘creator’ Craig Wright is being sued for allegedly swindling $5 billion


Craig Wright, who once claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, aka the inventor of Bitcoin, has been accused of attempting to swindle his former (and late) business partner Dave Kleiman’s estate of $5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency. Kleiman, who died in 2013, was a forensic computer analyst, author of multiple books on IT security, and supposedly involved in the invention of Bitcoin. In 2011, he established a company called W&K Info Defense Research LLC in Florida with Wright. The duo allegedly held 1.1 million Bitcoins between them at the time. According to the suit, filed by Kleiman’s family, Wright attempted…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin

No comments: