Source: Wired
“Craig Wright, the computer scientist ruled to have lied ‘extensively and repeatedly’ about being the inventor of Bitcoin, has been given a one-year prison sentence by a UK judge after being found in contempt of court. The sentence is suspended for two years, meaning that Wright will only face prison if he reoffends during that period. At a hearing Thursday in the UK High Court, Justice James Edward Mellor ruled that Wright — in bringing a $1.15 trillion lawsuit in October against Bitcoin developers and payments firm Square — had violated an earlier court order. The order required that Wright refrain from claiming publicly to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, and taking legal action on that basis, among other things.” (12/19/24)