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Published on July 16, 2024 13:50 GMT+00:00edited on July 16, 2024 13:54 GMT+00:00

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who spent years fraudulently claiming to be the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin and author of its whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto, is being referred to the UK Crown Prosecution Service to consider perjury and forgery charges. 

“I have no doubt that I should refer the relevant papers in this case to the CPS for consideration of whether a prosecution should be commenced against Dr Wright for his wholescale perjury and forgery of documents and/or whether a warrant for his arrest should be issued and/or whether his extradition should be sought from wherever he now is,” Mr. Justice Mellor wrote in a written judgment on Tuesday. “All those matters are to be decided by the CPS.”

Wright had brought litigation against several individuals and …