Craig Wright, the computer scientist ruled to have lied “extensively and repeatedly” about being the inventor of Bitcoin, has been given a one-year prison sentence by a UK judge after being found in contempt of court. The sentence is suspended for two years, meaning that Wright will only face prison if he reoffends during that period.
At a hearing Thursday in the UK High Court, Justice James Edward Mellor ruled that Wright—in bringing a $1.15 trillion lawsuit in October against Bitcoin developers and payments firm Square—had violated an earlier court order. The order required that Wright refrain from
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