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Craig Wright's Lies Exposed in U.K. High Court Judgment
In a pivotal ruling, a U.K. High Court judge determined that American computer scientist Craig Wright lied under oath and forged documents during the notorious COPA v. Wright trial. Justice James Mellor’s official ruling, published on Monday, confirms that Wright engaged in deliberate deceit in his claims of being Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Mellor’s analysis concluded that Wright produced fraudulent evidence to support his assertions, using the court to perpetrate fraud. “ Justice Mellor’s assessment of Craig Wright’s claims is clear that Dr. Wright knowingly produced fake documents to support false claims and use the Courts as a vehicle for fraud,” Mellor wrote. “I am entirely satisfied that Dr. Wright lied to the Court extensively and repeatedly. All his lies and forged documents supported his overarching deception of claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto.”

Mellor had previously ruled in March that Wright was not Nakamoto and had no hand in creating Bitcoin’s foundational white paper. He commented, “Dr Wright claims to be highly intelligent. However, in my judgment, he is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is.”

The Legal Battle with COPA
Wright has long asserted he is the creator of Bitcoin, a claim met with considerable controversy. This assertion initiated a legal clash with the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a significant entity in the cryptocurrency sector. COPA sued Wright in 2021, accusing him of forgery and perjury. The trial commenced on February 5 and lasted six weeks.

Although Wright has yet to respond publicly to Mellor’s statements, he indicated his plan to appeal the decision on social media, stating, “I fully intend to appeal the decision of the court on the matter of the identity issue.”


Implications of the Ruling
This ruling has significant consequences for the cryptocurrency industry, emphasizing the decentralized nature of Bitcoin and ensuring that no single individual can claim its origins. The court’s decision addresses one of the most contentious and publicized claims about Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity.

The legal consequences of Wright’s perjury are yet to be entirely known, but $7.6 million of his assets were frozen in March to prevent him from moving them offshore to evade the case’s costs. Wright attempted to settle the dispute with COPA out of court in January, but COPA rejected the settlement.

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