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Kleiman v. Wright

  1. November 19, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Brings In Autism Expert To Help Defense

    Self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright put an autism expert on the stand in a Miami courtroom Friday in his multibillion-dollar dispute with the estate of a deceased computer software developer, in an attempt to explain to jurors how his statements in and out of the courtroom can be easily misconstrued.

  2. November 17, 2021

    Hard Drives In Bitcoin Trial Are Inaccessible, Jury Told

    Jurors in a multibillion-dollar trial involving the self-professed inventor of bitcoin got a crash course in electronic storage and formatting on Wednesday as an expert explained that almost all of deceased computer forensics expert Dave Kleiman's electronic devices had been reformatted after his death.

  3. November 16, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Scolded For Online Comments During Trial

    Self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright was admonished by a Florida federal judge Tuesday for posting online about suing expert witnesses for fraud as a digital forensic expert was on the stand testifying that documents Wright produced in the multibillion-dollar litigation were not authentic.

  4. November 10, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor's' Online Comments Admitted In Trial

    A Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday that jurors can be shown comments that self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright has made online about the trial, on a day that was cut short after a juror said she had a fever and needed to go home.

  5. November 09, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Accused At Trial Of Lying About Trust

    Showing a mix of documentary evidence — including some alleged forgeries — attorneys for deceased computer programmer Dave Kleiman laid out Tuesday how they contend self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright fraudulently maneuvered to usurp billions of dollars' worth of the cryptocurrency from the estate.

  6. November 08, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Struggles To Explain Conflicting Evidence

    Attorneys for deceased computer programmer Dave Kleiman on Monday hammered self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright with documents in which he described Kleiman as his business partner despite his claims in multibillion-dollar litigation that the two were just friends.

  7. November 04, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Tells Jury That Pal Was Too Sick To Help

    Attorneys for self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright argued Thursday that deceased computer programmer Dave Kleiman was too sick in his final years to help Wright develop the cryptocurrency and that no evidence was found among Kleiman's personal effects indicating he held the bitcoins his brother claims he did.

  8. November 03, 2021

    Brother Says Emails Show Programmer Co-Invented Bitcoin

    The brother of deceased computer programmer Dave Kleiman took the stand Wednesday in his blockbuster suit against self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright, telling jurors that Wright told him multiple times that Wright had partnered with his brother to develop the cryptocurrency.

  9. November 01, 2021

    Bitcoin 'Inventor' Changed Tune After Friend Died, Jury Told

    Attorneys for the estate of deceased computer programmer Dave Kleiman told a Florida federal jury on Monday that self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright repeatedly referred to Kleiman as his best friend and business partner but changed his tune after the estate sued and accused him of transferring assets from their joint business to himself.

  10. October 29, 2021

    Fla. Bitcoin Trial May Mine Origins Of The Cryptocurrency

    A multibillion-dollar battle between the purported inventor of bitcoin and the estate of a deceased computer forensics expert kicks off Monday in Miami, where a federal jury will be asked to determine the nature of the two men's partnership in a trial that could shed some light on the murky origins of the cryptocurrency.

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