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> A few days later, Wright killed another lawsuit in which his company, Tulip Trading, accused Bitcoin developers of violating their fiduciary duties by refusing to help the firm recover a large amount of bitcoin allegedly lost in a hack. Holy shit, he actually named a crypto company after tulips? Isn't that a little bit on-the-nose?
I took part in this trial as a witness (Judge Mellor discusses my testimony in the penultimate section). There are many remarkable things about this case. The judgement is very clearly written and keeps legalese to a minimum. Anyone could read this and understand the case perfectly well. The simplicity of the final judgement helps (Wright is a pathological liar), but still, it's well written and has some amusing sect…
Who is this guy and why is he chasing this kind of clout? It didn’t occur to him that he could prove he is Satoshi in other ways? Is this one of those throw mud (lawsuits) at a wall and see what sticks type of guys?
> It didn’t occur to him that he could prove he is Satoshi in other ways? To be fair, he's limited by not actually being Satoshi.
I took part in this trial as a witness (Judge Mellor discusses my testimony in the penultimate section). There are many remarkable things about this case. The judgement is very clearly written and keeps legalese to a minimum. Anyone could read this and understand the case perfectly well. The simplicity of the final judgement helps (Wright is a pathological liar), but still, it's well written and has some amusing sect…
Is there any possibility for counter-action against Wright? He should be forced to pay every penny of his victims' court costs, at the very least. And shouldn't he be tried for perjury after such a scathing loss?
I took part in this trial as a witness (Judge Mellor discusses my testimony in the penultimate section). There are many remarkable things about this case. The judgement is very clearly written and keeps legalese to a minimum. Anyone could read this and understand the case perfectly well. The simplicity of the final judgement helps (Wright is a pathological liar), but still, it's well written and has some amusing sect…
I took part in this trial as a witness (Judge Mellor discusses my testimony in the penultimate section). There are many remarkable things about this case. The judgement is very clearly written and keeps legalese to a minimum. Anyone could read this and understand the case perfectly well. The simplicity of the final judgement helps (Wright is a pathological liar), but still, it's well written and has some amusing sect…
Congrats on COPA's/your victory. Is there any possibility for counter-action against Wright? He should be forced to pay every penny of his victims' court costs, at the very least. And shouldn't he be tried for perjury after such a scathing loss?
As for perjury, I asked around and nobody seemed to know if that would happen. How CPS allocates its resources is something of a black box. At least, it's not automatic, although theoretically there's the possibility in the UK of a privately mounted criminal prosecution (it's not only the government that can initiate criminal cases).
Edit: Though now that I say this, considering the extent of Wrights fraud, lies and likely debts to get this far there is a very high likelihood of suicide.
Who is this guy and why is he chasing this kind of clout? It didn’t occur to him that he could prove he is Satoshi in other ways? Is this one of those throw mud (lawsuits) at a wall and see what sticks type of guys?
He conned a billionaire idiot to bankroll his lawsuits under the idea that should they succeed he'll be able to gain control of the Satoshi coins and presumably give the money back + more. I guess after having spent so much money he's so deep in his lies that his only way was to keep going even as the lies started falling apart (his latest round of fabricated evidence was very sloppy, so I assume he couldn't do a bet…
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He conned a billionaire idiot to bankroll his lawsuits under the idea that should they succeed he'll be able to gain control of the Satoshi coins and presumably give the money back + more. I guess after having spent so much money he's so deep in his lies that his only way was to keep going even as the lies started falling apart (his latest round of fabricated evidence was very sloppy, so I assume he couldn't do a bet…
Doesn't make a lot of sense though, does it? Even if he could convince the judge he was Satoshi, indeed even if he in fact was Satoshi, if he didn't have the keys, he would not be able to spend the coins. Conversely, even if he had no clue who the reals Satoshi was, if he somehow acquired the keys, he would have the coins.