“I give no weight to sworn statements of Dr. Wright that advance his interests but that have not been challenged by cross-examination and for which I cannot make a credibility determination. I have previously found that Dr. Wright gave perjured testimony in my presence,” Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart wrote in a scathing 14-page order.
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- Does Craig Wright's Tulip Trust III hold Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million bitcoins? (Photo: Brendan Sullivan)
Judge orders yet another of Craig Wright’s Tulip Trusts opened
Tulip Trust III will be unsealed in $10 billion bitcoin case, and may or may not hold the keys to a fortune
The Tulip Trust III is the latest in a series of trusts revealed by Craig Wright, who claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright claims the trusts hold the private keys to a cache of 1.1 million bitcoins Nakamoto mined at the beginning of the original blockchain. The vast majority of the cryptocurrency community believes he is lying.
- Now Craig Wright says handing over the keys to Satoshi Nakamoto's $10 billion bitcoin fortune could land him in an Aussie jail (Photo: Brendan Sullivan).
Craig Wright: Turning over documents could land me in jail
The self-proclaimed bitcoin creator told a U.S. judge that following her orders in the lawsuit seeking half of Satoshi Nakamoto’s $10 billion in bitcoin would violate the law in his native Australia
Just a week ago Judge Beth Bloom gave Wright until Valentine’s Day to redact and hand over anything privileged in the “Tulip Trust III” document, which may contain the keys to unlocking Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1.1 million bitcoins.
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Craig Wright: Attorney-client privilege protects delivery by ‘bonded courier’
Federal Judge Beth Bloom: LOL, no.
Craig Wright tried to claim that attorney-client privilege protected him from having to divulge whether the “bonded courier” brought him the keys to Satoshi Nakamoto’s $10 billion bitcoin fortune.