IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin
IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin
IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin
Computer scientist Craig Wright was given a suspended prison sentence for what was described as "legal nonsense."
A computer scientist has been found to have committed contempt of court for falsely and persistently claiming to be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.
In March, the High Court ruled Craig Wright was not Satoshi, and ordered him to stop claiming he was.
However, he continued to launch legal cases asserting he had intellectual property rights to Bitcoin, including a claim he was owed $1.2 trillion (£911 billion).
A judge said that amounted to a "flagrant breach" of the original court order and sentenced him to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.