Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces UK criminal probe

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Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor faces UK criminal probe
An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin faces a criminal investigation in Britain for alleged perjury after he was found to have repeatedly lied and forged documents to support his false claim. Craig Wright had long claimed to have been the author of a 2008 white paper, ...

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