Ira Kleiman’s legal team has claimed Craig Wright already has the key to the encrypted “Satoshi” file, containing keys to over 820,000 Bitcoin (BTC).
According to documents filed with the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Kleiman’s legal team cited the movement of $1.6m worth of BTC from addresses supplied to the court, and Wright’s public threats to tank the BTC market – something that could easily be done with access to over 820K BTC – as proof of their extraordinary claim.
In total, the “Satoshi” file contains keys to 820,200 BTC, along with blockchain related intellectual property. The BTC would be worth nearly $7 billion at today’s prices.
The Kleiman estate is suing Wright over the Bitcoin that was allegedly mined in partnership with the late Dave Leiman – a partnership that Wright denies ever existed. It is the evidence of that alleged partnership that, according to Kleiman’s team, is motivating Wright to prevent access to the “Satoshi” file.
Kleiman’s team has also pointed to Wright’s “sustained pattern of perjury, forged evidence, misleading filings, and obstruction,” citing four specific instances when he lied under oath, including gone just last week when he produced forged documents relating to his divorce.
A jury trial is set to commence for the case on 6 July…
AYO.NEWS says:
If ever there was a movie-worthy legal drama, this is it. Over the past year we’ve seen team Wright file a US copyright registration for the Bitcoin White Paper, ask for a ludicrous 90-year extension to a Fee Motion, and get a ruling ordering him to hand over half his Bitcoins overturned.
Although the crypto community seems to be mostly anti-Wright, he does still have some supporters, and the value of the BTC at stake means there’s every reason for both parties to fight to the very end – and a clear incentive for people on both sides to “bend the truth,” to say the least!
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