Craig Wright faces civil sanctions over incomplete financial forms
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright will reportedly face a number of civil sanctions after incorrectly filling out a financial disclosure statement related to a 2021 Legal battle with the estate of his late business partner, reports Coindesk. Wright was ordered to pay a total of $143 million in damages to the estate of Dave Kleiman after a court found the Australian entrepreneur guilty of conversion — that’s passing off somebody else’s property or idea as your own. In this case, the claim related to unspecified intellectual property that Wright took from W&K Info Defense Research, the company he and Kleiman founded in 2011. Jury sides with Craig Wright in $200B Bitcoin case but he still owes $100M Read more: Craig Wright claims no bank account but uses credit card for $38K living costs As part of the ongoing dispute, Wright was required to comply with a Compulsion Order and fill out a financial disclosure form by April this year. This form is required to build