Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, for contempt of court. This follows his violation of a previous court order ...

Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. The British High Court found Wright guilty on five counts of contempt.

Craig Wright, who falsely claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay £145,000 in costs for contempt of court.

Wright's suit for intellectual property rights related to bitcoin violated a court order imposed after his claim to be bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto was ruled to be false.

Craig Wright, who has long claimed to be Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto, received a 12-month jail sentence for submitting false evidence and obstructing justice in a UK court. Wright’s defamation lawsuit against critics of his Satoshi claims unraveled when forensic analysis exposed inconsistencies and alleged forgery in his submitted documents.

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, who has been lying about being the founder of Bitcoin, received a one-year  prison sentence.

Craig Wright has long claimed he invented Bitcoin, and brought a $1.9 trillion lawsuit against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's payment company Block.